If someone broke into your home and stole your jewelry, electronics, cash, and anything else that is yours, you would regard his action as theft. He took your property without your consent. The principle doesn’t change just because the actor has a government badge and doesn’t literally break into your home.
Taxation takes your money without your consent. Eminent domain takes your land without your consent. In both of these examples, your property is taken without your agreement and despite your desires.
If someone threatened you with harm if you painted your house a color he didn’t like or sold a product that he found objectionable, you would regard his action as a criminal threat. He would be trying to intimidate you to do his bidding, and he would harm you if you don’t comply. The principle doesn’t change just because the actor has a government badge.
Zoning prohibits owners from using their property as they choose. Fines and the confiscation of property are the threats that are used to intimidate owners into compliance. Business regulations prescribe and proscribe many of the terms and conditions of producing and trading material values. Fines and the confiscation of property are the threats that are used to intimidate business owners into compliance.
If an action is illegal and immoral when undertaken by a private citizen, why does it become legal and moral when undertaken by a government agent? In truth, it doesn’t.
Taking the property of others without their consent is an initiation of force. It deprives them of their property in defiance of their own desires, and that is why force is used–it compels behavior that would not be undertaken voluntarily. The principle doesn’t change just because the actor has a government badge.