How do you come up with that? Someone who builds a condominium complex is using their own property. No one need even enter neighboring property. I understand zoning, but your argument seems to be that you can't do what you want with your property if it "affects" your neighbors. That's a slippery slope. Particularly, I mean, when you live on 150 acres and you're telling the guy on the next 150 acres he cant' build because it's "out of character with the neighborhood." Like, I understand why it annoys people, but I don't understand generically what gives them the right.
How do you come up with that?
It's called "peaceable enjoyment." It's established in common law since the old days of England. Your property rights are not absolute where your actions infringe on neighboring property owner's rights to possess and enjoy their property.
No one need even enter neighboring property.
If you can figure out how to build a condo without any noise from the people in the condos, from their cars, or lights from their units shining into the neighbors' properties you might have a case.
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