Let me tell you: Zoning in itself is not a bad thing per se! Quite the contrary. I guess nearly all countries belonging to the "Global North" have them. And they do so for a reason.

Tossing out zoning laws alltogether is just another nail in the ethically bankrupt city plannings coffin. Instead the zoning laws have to get better by revising their underlying premises. E.g. why the hell do you guys outlaw condos? In Germany we have a gradient on whats allowed and what not. The "BauNVO" (Baunutzungsverordnung) regulates that on a broad level. Then you will go to a more granular level, the "B-Plan" (Bebauungsplan). There it will have more regulations which have to be followed. E.g. it is very often the case that the ground level is reserved for commercial use, but on the other levels must be condos.