zoning ordinances
Municipal property restrictions
Zoning ordinances are local laws that regulate how land can be used within a municipality.
They divide areas into zones—residential, commercial, industrial—and specify what can be built where, how tall structures can be, and how much of a lot they can cover.
The zoning ordinances prohibited apartment buildings in that neighborhood.
Developers and homeowners frequently seek variances when their plans conflict with existing ordinances.
- setback requirementsMinimum distance from boundaries
- variancesDegrees of difference
- grandfatheredProtected by precedent
- commercial zoningLand use for enterprises
- overlay districtsSupplementary zoning boundaries
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