Part of operating a brick and mortar business yes, but digital is largely unregulated.

Brick and mortar then largely gets captured by large corporations and main Street gets hollowed out.

Public safety is important! But municipalities should be approving permits same day and making processes as simple as possible, and use standardized non bespoke rules.

Accessibility... also important! But there should be more carve outs for small operators. It's one of those things that sounds nice but has actually caused things to be less accessible. Having an empty closed store front is the opposite of accessible.