zoning
zoh ning
- n dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
- v regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
- v separate or apportion into sections
- Bonuses for builders, at a price The first American zoning law was passed in New York City in 1916 to limit the size of new skyscrapers that were casting shadows on nearby.
- What he got was a blizzard of bills that have now hit $10,000 and an endless zoning suit that has become the longest in the history of Florida's Dade County.
- In 1922, Euclid Village, on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio, adopted a zoning ordinance to regulate the location of industrial buildings, stores, apartments, double and single .