urban zoning
Municipal land regulation
Urban zoning is the division of a city into districts with different rules about land use—residential, commercial, industrial, and so on.
Zoning laws regulate what can be built where, controlling building heights, density, and setbacks from property lines.
The city's urban zoning prohibits factories in residential neighborhoods.
Zoning shapes how cities develop and where people can live, work, and shop.
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- neighborhood characterMemorable area resident
- downtown developmentCentral city improvement efforts
- single familyOne-household dwelling type
- walkabilityFoot-travel suitability rating
master plan · city planning · easement · parking lot · building code · transit-oriented development · mixed-income housing · public transit · developer · variance · lot · parcel · district · mixed-use · setback · buffer · city hall · town hall meeting
- city limitscity limits, city boundaries, boundary lines, city proper, boundary marker
urban zoningwilderness preservation
Protecting wild areas permanently
open space · farmland · pastoral landscape · wildland · hinterland