We had to take it all the way to the state Supreme Court to use the dwelling as it was originally intended and zoned.
It is like suing your neighbor because you’d rather they have 2 kids instead of 3. Or suing the corner business because they opened a coffee shop instead of a donut shop.
The idea that you think you have a say in your neighbors private business is the real problem.
The idea that you have a say in your neighbor's business is not a problem, it's a fact. The fact that you have property at all is an agreement amongst your neighbors to respect that claim. If you want a place where your neighbors don't get a say in what you do, you should shop for another planet.
Hopefully you find everyone with a claim before you build and that the person you missed doesn't give a shit.
Can't do nothin like that in supposedly collectivist Japan.
In other countries you want to open a business out of your garage? Go ahead, why would anyone stop you. It's your private property. Your neighbour doesn't like it? They can talk to you about it. The local council isn't going to invervene because.....it's none of their business. But somehow in US that's flipped on its head - like somehow the "freedom" means "freedom to tell others how to live their life" instead of "freedom to live my life how I want".