The regulations can stress good design practices such as using earth-tone colors and no shiny materials, he said.

Earth tones? Like logs of log cabin; (link...)

There is only one tone our planning understands, tone deafness.

Property Rights - where do they end?....where do they begin? Whose opinion should they be based on?

There is an old saying "What's good for the goose is good for the gander". (Unknown)

So if someone purposed saying the use of outside security (street) lights in out laying areas was now against policy, and all new houses must be roofed in green or brown, with camafloug siding so they would be less visible from the roads and scenic pull offs. Would this be as equally accepted?

Let me try again.

How do you produce a policy that is applicable to every parcel equally?

I don't know anything about Walt Lane, but it sounds like he'll fit right in Blount County; (link...)