Private property is coveted for the fact that the owner has the exclusive right to determine its use, the proceeds of it's benefits and its transfer.
Any time any of these are infringed in any way the owner is deprived of his/her property. It really does not get any simpler than that.
not buying into all of that.. private, think residence, or farm, not open to the public, no business going on, no employees, just family.
business is a diffrent matter, if you don't believe me.. think about this..
you have a unimproved peice of property, that you plan to develop into a business (comercial property) to build something on it, drag out a engineer to come up with a plan that puts the required infrastructure in, to comply with storm water run off, drainage structures, holding pond, building, required # of parking areas, utility connections, elevations, amount of pervious to impervious areas, amount of landscape to be replanted, tree credits & debits based on what you cleared, limits of clearing, demolition plan, paving plan,etc..
you also may have a architect to design the building, and have a set of architectural plans for it, as well as a structural engineer to come up with the structural plans..
all of this after you have it surveyed, and locate all the trees on it, and full topography..
not to mention tree removal permits, and any areas you have to set aside for environmental reasons..
not meaning to be long winded here, but basicially your view that as private property you have the exclusive right to determine its use, and the amount of use is not so.
you can only develop a certain percentage of the land,(60% if lucky) and you have to get permits to take out any protected trees that were found, etc..
you have to leave areas natural, and replant others (that's why you see trees planted in curbed islands in parking lots)...you may have to grant a utility easement through your property for others to tie into..
this is just the start of the regulations applied to the business owner..
when employing people you can't discriminate, and all of the other federal labor laws.. etc..
you have to provide access for handicapped folks, due to the fact that you are opening a business up to the public, or have employees..
as far as trying to claim that your parking lot that was required due to local government regulations is on private property, the USE of the property has changed to public when you have employees, and are open to the public..are you going to subject a member of the public to trespass when they are there buying your good or services..
I'm ok with the belief that a vehicle is private property, and subject to laws relating to search, and transport of weapons, where it is parked does not negate that.
if you do not wish weapons on YOUR property, and that does not DENY me of my rights in MY property, well I'm ok with that.. armed trespass and all, you could ask me to leave. (state statue)
the way I see this is I leave my weapons in My property (vehicle) and when I step out of my property onto yours I am abiding...
no diffrent than leaving your weapon in your vehicle while at a government building..Note it does not say government property, that is handled diffrently, a correctional facility, a military base, those are specified..
if it's good enough for government work, its good enough for me..