Oren wrote:
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:57:37 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

I live in a city with no zoning. If my neighbor wants to paint his
house in pink zebra stripes and erect an art project consisting of
welded-together scrap lawnmowers, he's free to do so.

He will be beaten, however.

We have zoning. If my neighbor pulled those pranks, the zoning
department employees get the beating. Locked in a padded cell and fed
Swill.

Unless they - and their betters - received sufficient graft to re-zone your
block for zebra-striped paint jobs.