We all love to complain about petty bureaucrats and regulations. They are quite annoying sometimes. I have been on both sides of the counter on this issue. I can tell you that it is sometimes not easy or pleasant to enforce standards, code and regulations; or tell someone that they can’t do something that they had their heart set on.

As Americans, we like to tout our freedoms and independence. However, many times what makes communities unique and desirable (or undesirable) are the standards by which a community lives. Sometimes these self-imposed standards are painful and take years of ad...