Agreed. Not near a residential area.

We live in a dead-end enclave of custom lots. No through traffic, one entrance to the community. A neighbor near the entrance owns either two or three adjacent lots. For a long time he used them for horses (in addition to his home). He got the bright idea to get rid of the horses and create a venue for large events (weddings and such). To his credit he called a neighborhood meeting before submitting a rezoning request. EVERYONE was against it. Increased traffic, increased noise on event days, potential for overflow parking into the streets in front of other homes. He dropped the idea, sold at least one of the lots to someone who has since built a nice house, and that's it.

Fortunately, he was considerate and didn't try to bull ahead. Anything other than quiet home stuff is not welcome. Heck, I get annoyed when a neighbor is using his circular saw at 7am (which he often does).

Tangential, but sometime I can tell you about the new home development that popped up across the street from my semiconductor company (the prospective buyers either didn't read their disclosures, or didn't understand them...we handled some seriously nasty (NASTY) stuff in there).