This isn't about any paint job that can always be covered again some day, but about a big an extra house served off of the same well and septic on a small lot not designed for it. Unfortunately, selfishness like that is exactly why we end up with laws. And you can't squirm out of it by saying that is a health and safety issue....it's still regulated by government perk tests, licensing of contractors, etc. If nobody's diseases or pollution or fire could ever spread to another, maybe no government would work. Unfortunately people differ on what is acceptable (for that matter on whether they should even need to show proof that they have any credentials as a builder). That's why there is a Board of Adjustment of fellow-citizens. They're not working for Planning staff, they're not working for the goofup person, and they're not working for me.