Title: Local Zoning Laws for Real Estate Investors | Millionacres
Headings: Local Zoning Laws for Real Estate Investors
Local Zoning Laws for Real Estate Investors
What is zoning?
Different types of local zoning laws
What do local zoning laws dictate?
Where to find local zoning laws
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Content: You don't often see these areas mixed. Zoning allows the local government to regulate land use to optimize usage, traffic, and density. With conditions and approval processes, zoning can be changed if it can be justified and meets certain requirements. For example, if a vacant lot is zoned for residential density 2 (typically means only two living units allowed), you may be able to rezone to density level 3 to build a triplex. Or, a lot that is zoned agricultural may be rezoned to residential to allow the building of single-family homes. Different types of local zoning laws
There are thousands of different categories and subcategories of zoning, depending on the desired usage of that land and the municipality governing it. Here are some of the most common types of local zoning laws: Residential: The vast majority of property in the U.S. is zoned as residential, particularly for single-family homes (often called R1). But there are other types of higher density residential zoning that allow for multifamily apartments.