Neighbors Sue Man for Working on Cars in His Garage

Holy crap....this turns my stomach. But he is not alone. While I was only working in my folks driveway I had received more than one "cease & desist" from the township. Oddly enough these only occurred when a house nearby was for sale. A friend, Jose, was in the same boat. Neither one of us was doing this as a living...only people we did work for,was friends and family. This ultimately was how I got away with it. Code enforcer stopped by on a Friday at 4:30pm. I had 14 cars parked on the road. He "suggested" that I don't leave them on the shoulder of the road. I was puzzled by this...was not uncommon for a neighbor, who was Captain of the Volunteer Fire Department, would,often have a party with all of the firefighters at his house. Would be 25+ cars. But I asked a few neighbors if I could park in their driveways.
Jose ended up in his Uncles barn. Property was zoned commercial. He then got hassled by various different departments...but this Uncle was an attorney who was semi-retired...
Where we live now this sort of thing would never happen. County is very lax in almost every aspect. Hell, there is 4 "Marijuana Farms" within a 7 minute drive...