Title: Zoning Laws: A Practical Guide To Understanding What You Can And Can’t Do - CommercialCafe
Headings: Zoning Laws: A Practical Guide To Understanding What You Can And Can’t Do
Zoning Laws: A Practical Guide To Understanding What You Can And Can’t Do
What Is The Purpose Of Zoning?
Compatible Use Is a Key Factor in Zoning
How Zoning Laws and Master Plans Are Created
Collaboration
Contents
Zoning Ordinance
Future Actions
How Zoning Decisions Are Made
Examples of Zoning Laws
How to Check Zoning Laws

Content: Dividing zones into different uses such as industrial, commercial, and residential districts,
Regulating the size and types of buildings that can be constructed in each zone,
Creating rules for setbacks, lot size, and green space for each building on each parcel within a zone,
Requiring developers to erect sound or sight control barriers, or install flood control systems, to minimize the development impact on neighboring properties. How Zoning Laws and Master Plans Are Created
Cities create a master development plan, or a comprehensive land use plan, to guide the development of a municipality. Using the master plan as a road map, zoning laws are used to reach the intended physical, economic, and social development. There are four general steps used to create a master development plan: Collaboration
Community input and city council approval – the residential and business communities, planning professionals, and city staff and planning commission collaborate to create a master plan. The master development plan is then sent to the city council for approval. Contents
Master development plans identify where infrastructure such as streets and utilities should go, both now and in the future to allow for growth. Compatible land uses, and the types and size of allowable structures are also contained in the plan. Zoning Ordinance
With a master development plan in place, specific zoning laws are then created to enforce the master plan. The creation of zoning laws, or ordinances, is similar to the way the master plan is created.