No.
Not hardly, though Financially prudent, and respectful of the laws that government the properties I own, and smart enough to pick my battles, rather than waste my time an money on a losing battle.
You call it horse ****, I call it reality. I have no need or desire to fight what I can not win. That's is known as spending good money after bad, not to mention the waste of my time.
Retro active zoning laws are not the topic here, but, they are much easier to fight than existing zoning laws.
So was I, and successfully fought them.
See above.