Vetoed R Plot Height Limit Act

[CoolCat]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Property Standards Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'R Plot Height Limit Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted, once signed by the President.
(3) This Act has been authored by Sen. Sofia2750.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Sen. Sofia2750.

2 - Reasons
(1) An r plot can in theory, be as high as allowed by the hardcoded build limit.

3 - Amendments
(1) Section 5 of the Property Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
"5 - Residential Zoning
(1) Plots beginning with ‘R’ are residential plots (e.g. ‘r001’).
(2) Residential plots may only have houses built on them.
(3) Players cannot have houses with more than three visible floors.
(a) As basements and rooftops aren't entirely visible, they are an exception to this rule.
(4) A visible floor cannot be taller than 15 blocks."

 

[Kaiserin_]

Veto

This bill has been vetoed for the following reasons:

While I respect the intent behind this bill, I believe that it may do more harm than good. After speaking with the Construction Secretary who would be enforcing this provision, as well as with many members of Congress, the 15-block floor height limit seems unnecessary. Some larger residential plots exceed this limit currently, and are not skyscrapers. Evicting them would be a shame.

Furthermore, the Construction Secretary has brought up that unreasonably tall residential plots would simply be able to be evicted as eyesores. The present regulations are satisfying to me, and after multiple members of Congress have urged me to veto this bill, I will be doing so.