Title: How Zoning Regulations Benefit Communities
Headings: How Zoning Regulations Benefit Communities
How Zoning Regulations Benefit Communities
Better use of the property
Assessing the benefits of zoning
Attractive to developers

Content: How Zoning Regulations Benefit Communities
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How Zoning Regulations Benefit Communities
By Peter Barnes
Feb. 5 2016, Updated 12:05 a.m. ET
Better use of the property
Now that we’ve spelled out what zoning laws are and why they have come into existence, let’s go deeper into the impacts of zoning. Though zoning is primarily used to benefit society at large—the general public—determining the best use of the property is not always favorable for the various interest groups involved, particularly REITs (real estate investment trusts). Despite these private interests, zoning has many advantages if implemented fairly. We’ll discuss the various benefits of zoning in this part of our series. Article continues below advertisement
Assessing the benefits of zoning
As we discussed in the preceding part of this series, zoning laws aim to ensure that a lot or a new building in the vicinity to be in coherence with the area, thus protecting the public interests of the existing neighborhoods. Below are several other benefits that we should specify: Zoning enforces many restrictions like height limitations, space requirement, building size, and other development standards. These restrictions and standards help prevent overcrowding in the specified area by limiting the amount and sizes of structures and parcels. Zoning protects existing property values by preventing incompatible uses of a property. For example, a dance club would not be allowed near an elementary school.