zoning

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ADJ.

color-coded, ready, restrictive, trying

The city introduced restrictive zoning laws to prevent commercial development in residential neighborhoods.

VERB + ZONING

ban, enforcing, fasting, think

The city council voted to ban zoning restrictions that prevented small businesses from opening in residential areas.

ZONING + NOUN

district, i'm, july, policy, regulations

The city council approved strict zoning regulations to prevent industrial development in residential areas.

PREP.

in, out

The city council voted to zone out industrial factories from residential neighborhoods.

ADV.

logically

The city logically zoning residential areas away from industrial factories helped reduce noise pollution.

Definitions

noun

1

Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.

These towers are not only the product of advances in construction technology – and a global surfeit of super-rich buyers – but a zoning policy that allows a developer to acquire unused airspace nearby, add it to their own lot, and erect a vast structure without any kind of public review process taking place.

2

The use of zones, such as fare zones.

The system of zoning would lead logically to the introduction of the modern ticket barriers from 1987 (the Underground Ticketing System, or UTS), in that it allowed the software in the ticket gates to be relatively simple.

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These towers are not only the product of advances in construction technology – and a global surfeit of super-rich buyers – but a zoning policy that allows a developer to acquire unused airspace nearby

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The system of zoning would lead logically to the introduction of the modern ticket barriers from 1987 (the Underground Ticketing System, or UTS), in that it allowed the software in the ticket gates to

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Oregon was the first state in the country to ban restrictive single-family zoning in July 2019.

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I think I'm zoning out because I'm tired, so I'm going to take a break.

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This map is color-coded by zoning district.

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When it comes to urbanization, Algeria is enforcing zoning regulations and trying to prevent encroachment on agricultural and forested areas.

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