Zoning
Definition
- Divide into or assign to zones
- An area or a region within city limits that is distinguished from adjacent areas by a distinctive feature or characteristic. Zoning usually pertains to the permitted types of land uses and particular planning restrictions that areas may have. For example, a zoning ordinance might allow houses or apartments to be built, but not factories or warehouses.
Synonyms
designated, proposed, zoned, plotted, set aside, marked off, reserved, planned, sectioning
Related Terms and Acronyms
- Amenities — Definition,
- Amenities are features such as green space, playgrounds, community centres, shopping malls, or swimming pools that make a neighbourhood or community more desirable for living.
- Building Permit (BPmt) — Abbreviation,
- Authorization by a local government to construct or repair a structure.
- Building Restrictions — Definition,
- Local regulations that limit the size, height, materials, colours, uses, locations, placement and other characteristics of houses.
- Bylaws — Definition,
- The written rules governing an organization such as a homeowners association.
- Certificate of Occupancy (CO) — Acronym, Important,
- Authorization by a local government giving permission for someone to live in or use a building that has just been constructed or renovated.
➥ Zoning bylaw. - Cluster Development — Definition,
- A doctrine by which a local government specifies the population density of a planned development, and the developer has the option of making some areas of the development more densely populated than others.
- Land Lot — Definition,
- A piece of land owned by an individual or entity.
- Subdivide — Definition,
- To split something (like a plot of land) into smaller sections.
- Upzoning — Definition,
- The process, often controversial, of changing the zoning in an area, usually to allow greater density or commercial use. Sometimes the term is used to mean the opposite -- changing the zoning in a broad area to limit growth and density.
