Zoning
noun
The process of dividing an area into sections for different purposes like business or residential use.
The city council approved new zoning rules that no longer allow high-rise buildings in that neighborhood.
Often appears as...
- zoning laws
- zoning restrictions
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Technical
noun
The system of laws that controls the kinds of uses of property and buildings allowed in particular areas.
Violating zoning laws may lead to legal penalties.
Often appears as...
- zoning regulations
- zoning code
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Formal
Legal
noun
A policy that separates land development into agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial areas.
With proper zoning, a city can be well-organized and functional.
Often appears as...
- zoning issues
- zoning policies
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Academic
noun
The process of dividing an area into sections for different purposes like business or residential use.
The city council approved new zoning rules that no longer allow high-rise buildings in that neighborhood.
Often appears as...
- zoning laws
- zoning restrictions
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The system of laws that controls the kinds of uses of property and buildings allowed in particular areas.
Violating zoning laws may lead to legal penalties.
Often appears as...
- zoning regulations
- zoning code
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
A policy that separates land development into agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial areas.
With proper zoning, a city can be well-organized and functional.
Often appears as...
- zoning issues
- zoning policies
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Local Impact
Zoning affects daily life by determining where we can live, work, or play in a city.
Residential zoning keeps factories away from homes.
Pro Tip 2/3City Planning
Zoning is used by urban planners to shape the growth and structure of communities.
Zoning can create a commercial district for shops and offices.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Confusions
Zoning can be mistaken for simply dividing land, but it's actually a detailed plan for land use.
The new zoning plan includes spaces for parks.
Pro Tip 1/3Local Impact
Zoning affects daily life by determining where we can live, work, or play in a city.
Residential zoning keeps factories away from homes.
Pro Tip 2/3City Planning
Zoning is used by urban planners to shape the growth and structure of communities.
Zoning can create a commercial district for shops and offices.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Confusions
Zoning can be mistaken for simply dividing land, but it's actually a detailed plan for land use.
The new zoning plan includes spaces for parks.
Pro Tip 1/3Local Impact
Zoning affects daily life by determining where we can live, work, or play in a city.
Residential zoning keeps factories away from homes.
Pro Tip 2/3City Planning
Zoning is used by urban planners to shape the growth and structure of communities.
Zoning can create a commercial district for shops and offices.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Confusions
Zoning can be mistaken for simply dividing land, but it's actually a detailed plan for land use.
The new zoning plan includes spaces for parks.
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4 ways to make a city...
However, missing teeth, those empty lots can be issues as well, and if you have a missing corner because of an outdated zoning code, then you could have a missing nose in your neighborhood. That's what we had in my neighborhood. This was the zoning code that said I couldn't build on that site.
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How Syria's architecture...
we shouldn't underestimate the way in which, by contributing to the loss of identity and self-respect, urban zoning and misguided, inhumane architecture have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference.
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Theaster Gates: How to...
And it went from a bowl to a singular house to a block to a neighborhood to a cultural district to thinking about the city, and at every point, there were things that I didn't know that I had to learn. I've never learned so much about zoning law in my life. I never thought I'd have to.
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Retrofitting suburbia -...
to think that downtown's should be dynamic and we expect that but we seem to have an expectation that the suburbs should forever remain frozen in whatever adolescent form they were first given birth to it's time to let them grow up so I want you to all support the zoning
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
And we laid out the zoning, but of course, people could build all around it however they wanted to. And what was so amazing right from the start was that the idea that we had put out in the zoning concept, basically, was instantly and thoroughly ignored,
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Is invisibility the...
a.m. is not my best time of day and they were also speaking in Bhutanese which ones I didn't speak and so I was kind of zoning out until one of them actually like hooked me on the nose and then I had to engage and she said oh if they
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Ed Gavagan: A story...
the rest of your life is changed forever. And one night, I'm riding the uptown local train. I get on. I tend to be a little bit vigilant when I get on the subway. I'm not one of the people zoning out with headphones or a book.
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Remapping A Place: How...
native peoples probably through mapping than through physical conflict I wanted to make some maps that were both elegant evocative and profoundly important to the zoning people and that's where the map art idea came from
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Amanda Burden: How...
In other words, nobody in those new buildings needs to own a car. Well, those rezonings were exhausting and enervating and important, but rezoning was never my mission. You can't see zoning and you can't feel zoning.
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Man vs. Mob PIPE National...
meets fred roti to discuss a legal matter coolies brother a real estate lawyer requires a zoning change in the first Ward Marcy's territory we sat down and he said well what's this all about and I
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4 ways to make a city...
However, missing teeth, those empty lots can be issues as well, and if you have a missing corner because of an outdated zoning code, then you could have a missing nose in your neighborhood. That's what we had in my neighborhood. This was the zoning code that said I couldn't build on that site.
Video examples
How Syria's architecture...
we shouldn't underestimate the way in which, by contributing to the loss of identity and self-respect, urban zoning and misguided, inhumane architecture have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference.
Video examples
Theaster Gates: How to...
And it went from a bowl to a singular house to a block to a neighborhood to a cultural district to thinking about the city, and at every point, there were things that I didn't know that I had to learn. I've never learned so much about zoning law in my life. I never thought I'd have to.
Video examples
Retrofitting suburbia -...
to think that downtown's should be dynamic and we expect that but we seem to have an expectation that the suburbs should forever remain frozen in whatever adolescent form they were first given birth to it's time to let them grow up so I want you to all support the zoning
Video examples
Philip Rosedale: Second...
And we laid out the zoning, but of course, people could build all around it however they wanted to. And what was so amazing right from the start was that the idea that we had put out in the zoning concept, basically, was instantly and thoroughly ignored,
Video examples
Is invisibility the...
a.m. is not my best time of day and they were also speaking in Bhutanese which ones I didn't speak and so I was kind of zoning out until one of them actually like hooked me on the nose and then I had to engage and she said oh if they
Video examples
Ed Gavagan: A story...
the rest of your life is changed forever. And one night, I'm riding the uptown local train. I get on. I tend to be a little bit vigilant when I get on the subway. I'm not one of the people zoning out with headphones or a book.
Video examples
Remapping A Place: How...
native peoples probably through mapping than through physical conflict I wanted to make some maps that were both elegant evocative and profoundly important to the zoning people and that's where the map art idea came from
Video examples
Amanda Burden: How...
In other words, nobody in those new buildings needs to own a car. Well, those rezonings were exhausting and enervating and important, but rezoning was never my mission. You can't see zoning and you can't feel zoning.
Video examples
Man vs. Mob PIPE National...
meets fred roti to discuss a legal matter coolies brother a real estate lawyer requires a zoning change in the first Ward Marcy's territory we sat down and he said well what's this all about and I
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Dianne Feinstein
American Politician
As a former nine-year member of the Board of Supervisors and nine-year mayor, I know firsthand the merits of strong zoning laws. They protect residential areas so they can support families and be free of commercial activities that are not related to neighborhood needs.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits.
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Stone Gossard
American Musician
I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.
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Michelle Wolf
American Comedian
I'm very quiet off stage. I think I'm a pretty boring person. I'm not super talkative; I spend a lot of my time running and zoning out. I spend so much time trying to write jokes and 'be on,' so when I'm finally off stage, I just want to sit.
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Brad Stone
American Journalist
With tough interpretation of taxi and zoning regulations, neither Uber nor Airbnb would have gotten started. By the time many cities recognized their existence, both were fairly large and had the political support of their customers.
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Bonobo
British Musician
The process of making music is very therapeutic; it's late at night and I'm wearing headphones a lot of the time, so it becomes a way of zoning out and engaging with my thoughts. It's a solitary environment and process.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
Usually, if I can't fall asleep, you will find me catching up on a good book or zoning out with an episode of 'The Real Housewives.' I always have a couple books on my bedside table in various stages of completion.
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Patrick Murphy
American Politician
The impact of our warming planet will likely lead to even stricter zoning and building codes to account for the rising sea levels visible in places like South Beach - even on days without a cloud in sky.
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Goodluck Jonathan
Nigerian Statesman
The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first?
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Sam Palladio
British Actor
I like to sit and listen to conversations here in Nashville. Not in a weird, stalker-ish way. I wander around Tennessee and find myself in little bars just zoning in.
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Dianne Feinstein
American Politician
As a former nine-year member of the Board of Supervisors and nine-year mayor, I know firsthand the merits of strong zoning laws. They protect residential areas so they can support families and be free of commercial activities that are not related to neighborhood needs.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits.
Quote examples
Stone Gossard
American Musician
I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.
Quote examples
Michelle Wolf
American Comedian
I'm very quiet off stage. I think I'm a pretty boring person. I'm not super talkative; I spend a lot of my time running and zoning out. I spend so much time trying to write jokes and 'be on,' so when I'm finally off stage, I just want to sit.
Quote examples
Brad Stone
American Journalist
With tough interpretation of taxi and zoning regulations, neither Uber nor Airbnb would have gotten started. By the time many cities recognized their existence, both were fairly large and had the political support of their customers.
Quote examples
Bonobo
British Musician
The process of making music is very therapeutic; it's late at night and I'm wearing headphones a lot of the time, so it becomes a way of zoning out and engaging with my thoughts. It's a solitary environment and process.
Quote examples
Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
Usually, if I can't fall asleep, you will find me catching up on a good book or zoning out with an episode of 'The Real Housewives.' I always have a couple books on my bedside table in various stages of completion.
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Patrick Murphy
American Politician
The impact of our warming planet will likely lead to even stricter zoning and building codes to account for the rising sea levels visible in places like South Beach - even on days without a cloud in sky.
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Goodluck Jonathan
Nigerian Statesman
The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first?
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Sam Palladio
British Actor
I like to sit and listen to conversations here in Nashville. Not in a weird, stalker-ish way. I wander around Tennessee and find myself in little bars just zoning in.
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