commercial zones
Retail and office areas
Commercial zones are areas designated by local governments for business activities—retail stores, offices, restaurants, and services rather than residential housing.
Zoning laws restrict what can be built where, so a property's location in a commercial zone determines what uses are permitted: The city council rezoned the old warehouse district as commercial.
Commercial zones often have different regulations for signage, parking, and building height than residential areas.
- industrial parksZoned areas for manufacturing
- retail districtsAreas with concentrated stores
- anchor tenantMain retailer in complex
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- financial districtsAreas housing major banks
parking lots · zoning ordinances · office parks · building codes · sustainable architecture · consumer behavior · street lighting · wholesale markets · market competition · enterprise zones · prime real estate · lease agreement · public transit · economic growth · storefront · neon signs · open for business · sidewalks
- business districtsbusiness district, business districts, financial districts, financial hub, trade centers
- City BuildersSimCity, city planning, population, buildings, residential zones
- city ordinancescity charter, noise ordinance, noise ordinances, code enforcement, municipal codes
- economic regionseconomic zones, industrial zones, trade zones, rust belt, corn belt
- land usezoning ordinances, suburban sprawl, land management, arable land, industrial
- trade zonestrading hub, trade hub, freeports, free port, free trade zones
commercial zonesresidential zones
Land designated for homes
residential neighborhoods · residential areas · residential districts · industrial zones · farmland
commercial zonesnature preserves
Protected ecological areas
conservation areas · protected wilderness · parkland · green spaces · public parks