Where I live, there is no zoning. Not heavily populated, farms all around. Easy to get a shop put up if it's not huge. State codes have to be followed, but they aren't too bad. Not after being in Maryland.

When I was starting to put my shop up, in our nice, quiet, out of the way development, one of the neighbors complained that because of the size, it would be a big busy commercial business. That was never my intention. Just the opposite.

I made it clear to everyone, that if I couldn't put my building up I would sell or rent the property to a bunch of (insert description here), and make sure there was about 20 people in the family with goats, chickens and maybe some hogs. Now try me.

So now I have my building, the neighborhood is quiet and I don't disturb people like I promised I wouldn't.