Attack Of The Monster Homes

"Zoning officials and neighbors are trying to decide how big is too big, and what they can do to try to rein in the monster house next door. In recent years, oversized homes...have spread from spacious gated enclaves to close-in suburbs, where they often dwarf their neighbors. Now, town officials, urban planners and irate neighbors in suburbs across the country are scrambling to find ways to rewrite zoning codes to restrict the size of new houses and additions to existing houses." The result is pitting neighbor against neighbor and town against resident, while taxing the ingenuity of municipalities that often lack the tools, or will, to limit house size. And it is leading to drawn-out battles that fray nerves."

Thanks to Sze Lei Leong