As I said up-thread, a lot of people view these restrictions as a good thing for them and their community. The homeownership rate is 65%. The individual homeownership rate is 53% - it's not a small set of property owners capturing the entire municipality, but rather a literal majority of the population benefiting, and likely a majority of the population approving (- some liberal/anti-regulation homeowners, + people who prefer zoned communities even if they rent/don't own).
When people are paying 5k a month the rent because zoning won't allow growth this could be considered abuse.
When people are prohibited from building an addition on their house (the most expensive investment of their life ) without overwhelmingly expensive bureaucracy that's abuse.
In many cases homeowners and renters are on the same side.