They are, in fact, part of administrative due process and are LAW. You have to be very careful pulling a permit because you have to have a lawful reason to do so. You can't just vote to do it. Sovereignty doesn't count when it comes to municipal authorities ~ they are, after all, nothing more than a part of the states in which they do business.
“Sovereignty doesn’t count when it comes to municipal authorities ~ they are, after all, nothing more than a part of the states in which they do business.”
We have federal court decisions declaring counties, Indian tribes and sheriffs as sovereign. And in “home rule” states, city and village councils are very much sovereign.