Look at the front beach on Isle of Palms, SC. Two and three story mansions were built across the street from the beach. Then the 'law' was changed to allow construction on the beach. Now there is a row of equivalent mansions (disposable houses, really, in the next hurricane) blocking the view of the older homes.
The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
That sort of thing will happen, and it's why we live on seven acres of land.
Zoning has put a lot of city commissioner's kids through college, hasn't it?