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Originally Posted by urban_encounter
Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, San Antonio to name a few... Maybe not all top off at 400'(+/-), but certainly cities with modest skylines in terms of height.
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I know in the case of Salt Lake City there is an "unwritten" height restriction at around 400 feet to prevent blocking any views of the Utah capitol building on the hill (I think it may also have something to do with the fact that the Mormon Church office building just happens to be 400 feet tall and big downtown buildings would dwarf the LDS temple and complex).
In San Jose the height restrictions are imposed by the FAA due to the proximity to the airport. Buildings there can be no taller than 360 feet in the southern end of downtown with the heights tapering down to 160 feet in the north end closer to the airport.
I agree with cozmoose. Why is it that Sacramento's buildings all seem to be EXACTLY the same height? 500 and 601 Capitol Mall, the two major buildings now under construction both have have top design features that would "pop out" a lot more if the buildings were even SLIGHTLY higher than the surrounding buildings. What prevented Taylor or Tsakapolous from adding a few more floors?
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