(especially in city planning) of or relating to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses: zoning laws.
Origin of zoning
First recorded in 1810–20; zone + -ing2
Words nearby zoning
zonesthesia, zone system, zone time, Zonian, zonifugal, zoning, zonipetal, zonite, zonk, zonked, zonk out
That jaw-dropper and how we got to it was the subject of a deep dive into the origins of San Diego’s single-family zoning laws by Andrew Keatts this week.
VOSD Podcast: Living Single (Family)|Sara Libby|August 28, 2020|Voice of San Diego
It has been that way for nearly 100 years since San Diego passed its first zoning ordinance.
Morning Report: A Century of Single Family Home Supremacy|Voice of San Diego|August 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
By the end of 1923 the city was refusing to grant a University Heights zone because an appeals court ruled against Los Angeles’s zoning plan.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
San Diego followed the trend by adopting its first zoning ordinance in 1923, following months of debate, including over the city attorney’s belief that it was illegal.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Historians and housing experts have outlined the ways in which the zoning we know today was adopted as a replacement that could achieve the same result, and it has persisted ever since.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Zoning boards and city councils often throw up obstacles to expansion.
Getting a Job at Walmart Is Harder than Getting into Harvard|Daniel Gross|November 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The problem of lack of zoning by the State for construction in the Druze villages is seething under the surface.
The Start of a Druze Intifada?|Orly Halpern|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So why even make the announcement about planning and zoning if the building phase is never going to arrive?
Bibi Is Bluffing On E1|Michael Koplow|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Did you see anything in this post about getting rid of zoning regulations?
How Can the Republicans Take Back the Majority?|Megan McArdle|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We went through a two-year effort to get the zoning changed to allow us to put 33 solar panels on the roof.
Al Gore Warms Up|Lloyd Grove|December 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Bribery and personal-interest scandals often are rooted in zoning matters.
The Nation's River|United States Department of the Interior
New York has made an elaborate report on the zoning of the city into business, industrial, and residential areas.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
This zoning offers no real contradiction of the usual pattern of Pennsylvania migrations.
The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784|George D. Wolf
Encouragement of local action to preserve the banks of smaller free-flowing streams by zoning, park acquisition, or other means.
The Nation's River|United States Department of the Interior
A class is an expression of interest, not the product of statistical distribution based on birth and zoning.