begging to the government to put a commercial garden or build a shop

there is already plenty of law and case law relating to neighbours suing for damages over your impeding their customary enjoyment of their own property, such as building a tall building next to low buildings, and such. it's really not necessary to have a government zoning bullshit, it just makes for an ugly, uniform, institutionalised vibe

zoning laws in most of the Balkans are extremely lax if any at all... most of the commieblocks have shops at the bottom floor, or workshops or garages... people set up shops wherever. there is no laws against you laying out a bunch of stock to sell on the side of the road even, anywhere, no permission required so long as you aren't blocking traffic