This was an issue in the law of nuisance, but modern controls go far beyond this. Zoning is a familiar type of land use restriction.

There is the law of "nuisance", which restricts me from using my land in such a way as to hurt my neighbors, pouring smoke or sending bad smells onto his land, for example.

Although such behaviour is natural and normal, it is a nuisance for the forces of law and order when they are trying to find out what happened during an incident by taking statements from witnesses.