Some restrictions serve aesthetic values, such as blending in with other housing and not obscuring important landmarks.
The height restriction was lifted in 1998 when commercial jet operations were relocated to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, and this saw higher buildings being erected, notably the 33-floor Ascent and New World Hotel towers at Paradigm Mall (the tallest in the area today, with heights of around 150 m (490 ft)).
Israel and Jordan inherited laws from the days of the British Mandate that prevent buildings from rising more than four stories above the ground except by special government permission.
The first ever attempt to build a skyscraper in the country—a 195 m (640 ft) tower in downtown Yangon faced intense opposition by local conservationists and was cancelled in 2014.
[4] To protect the ridge line along Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon, height restrictions are imposed according to the location of the buildings or structures.
There are several exceptions though, such as the Athens Tower, the Atrina center and the OTE central building which all exceed that level.
In the central area of Rome, delimited by the Aurelian Walls, no building can exceed the height of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica (136 m (446 ft)).
Often red and white paint and flight safety lamps have to be installed on high structures (taller than 100 m (330 ft)) far away from airports.