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Switzerland is the country of direct democracy. Citizens have the rights to challenge the government's decisions and may overturn parliamentary decisions. Likewise, it can be not easy to obtain a planning permission in some cases. People might have a say in the final result. As part of the approval process, the municipality can demand the construction of the building’s outline: a framework of steel tubes showing the estimated building height.
No chance to fiddle.
image by helmut k. lackner