I think the counter is that the rights of various parties here are not black and white. Restrictions are put in place (in the incinerator case, on a private la

I think the counter is that the rights of various parties here are not black and white. Restrictions are put in place (in the incinerator case, on a private landowner; in the traffic case, on the public at large) in the common interests of local community members. You _do_ have a say in what happens on your street, even though you don't own it.