Title: WHAT IS ZONING
Headings: 
WHAT IS ZONING?
WHAT ELSE DO ZONING LAWS REGULATE?
WHO CONTROLS ZONING?
WHAT ARE SOME MAJOR TYPES OF CLASSIFICATIONS?
IS ZONING PERMANENT?
WHAT DO ALL THE ZONING SYMBOLS , SUCH AS R2 OR M3, MEAN?

Content: WHAT ELSE DO ZONING LAWS REGULATE? Besides restricting the uses that can be made of land and buildings, zoning laws also may regulate the dimensional requirements for lots and for buildings on property located within the town, the density of development, and whether you can have pigeons, dogs, sheep or llamas. Some zoning ordinances also regulate the extraction of natural resources from land within the zoned area, others provide space for hospitals, parks, schools, and open space and still others protect places of historical significance within the community. WHO CONTROLS ZONING? Zoning is a purely a county, city, or municipal affair. Though such laws are somewhat universal, the classifications used to describe zoning are not uniform from place to place. For instance, it is not uncommon to find that zoning rules that apply to one part of the community are different in another part of the town, or that one town does a mix of residential uses with some commercial uses but a neighboring community might outlaw such mix. WHAT ARE SOME MAJOR TYPES OF CLASSIFICATIONS? Classifications are not the same from place to place. The most frequently-used groups are
commercial,
industrial,
residential, and
agricultural.