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What is Zoning?

A few answers

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Addison Del Mastro
Sep 21, 2021
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Zoning is both impossibly arcane and completely ubiquitous. It is much more than “separation of uses.” Zoning is basically the DNA of the built environment. There are defenders of the zoning status quo who argue that it simply reflects market preferences, and doesn’t actually shape development independently. That, however, is at best only partially true…

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