Shooting ourselves in the foot

I often complain about that Metro controls how cities and towns are developed, but sometimes the problems come from within.

Take for example Metro's description of what Lake Oswego should look like in their 2040 Growth Plan:

Town centers

Town centers provide localized services to tens of thousands of people within a two- to three-mile radius. Examples include small city centers such as Lake Oswego, Tualatin, West Linn, Forest Grove and Milwaukie and large neighborhood centers such as Hillsdale, St. Johns, Cedar Mill and Aloha. One-to three-story buildings for employment and housing are characteristic. Town centers have a strong sense of community identity and are well served by transit.

ONE-TO THREE-STORY BUILDINGS ...

It is just Lake Oswego that is allowing the density, height and mass of development that is being planned for the Wizer Block.  It is Lake Oswego's Community Development Codes that fuel the discord in the city-wide Wizer debate.  The current council did not approve the existing codes and someone should do something about them to prevent issues like these from arising in the future, but these codes are what previous councils left.  

Whose vision is driving the density in Lake Oswego?