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Aesthetic Zoning: Zoning for beauty. May regulate architectural styles, colors or signage.

Partial Zoning: Zoning that does not consider its effect on other areas.

Noncumulative Zoning: Zoning that allows only the stated use and not more restrictive uses.

Incentive Zoning: Zoning that offers incentives to developers, such as retail shops on the first floor of multistory office buildings if a plaza for public use is included.

Spot Zoning: Zoning of parcels not in conformance with the general zoning of an area.

Zoning: The regulation of structures and uses of property within designated districts or zones. Zoning regulates and affects such things as use of the land, lot sizes, types of structure permitted, . . . View Full Definition

Zoning Variance: A zoning variance permits a change in the specifications required by the zoning ordinance.

Zoning Ordinance: An exercise of police power by a municipality to regulate and control the character and use of property.

Exclusionary Zoning: Zoning that excludes stated uses.

Tidal Zoning: The practice of dividing hydrographic survey area into discrete zones or sections, each one possessing similar tidal characteristics. One set of tide reducers is assigned to each zone. Tide . . . View Full Definition