I'm assuming you are U.S. citizen and not super familiar with the common law; apologies up front if that isn't the case.
Property law principles in the common law are vastly more complicated than this. There are all sorts of ways that your right to use real estate as you wish can be affected by past practices, hazy conventions, etc. Check out "easements", "mineral rights", "air rights", "adverse possession", and the sometimes elaborate processes of establishing title and specific property interests in particular jurisdictions.
And many of those limitations are logically prior to U.S. specific legislation around zoning, restrictive covenants, etc.
I'm assuming you are U.S. citizen and not super familiar with the common law; apologies up front if that isn't the case.
Property law principles in the common law are vastly more complicated than this. There are all sorts of ways that your right to use real estate as you wish can be affected by past practices, hazy conventions, etc. Check out "easements", "mineral rights", "air rights", "adverse possession", and the sometimes elaborate processes of establishing title and specific property interests in particular jurisdictions.
And many of those limitations are logically prior to U.S. specific legislation around zoning, restrictive covenants, etc.