Zoning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Zoning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of zone.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of zone.
More Meanings
- The use of zones, such as fare zones.
- (law) Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
Example Sentences
The system of zoning would lead logically to the introduction of the modern ticket barriers from 1987 (the Underground Ticketing System, or UTS), in that it allowed the software in the ticket gates to be relatively simple.
These towers are not only the product of advances in construction technology – and a global surfeit of super-rich buyers – but a zoning policy that allows a developer to acquire unused airspace nearby, add it to their own lot, and erect a vast structure without any kind of public review process taking place.
Word Forms
- zonings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include partition, subdivide, district, region, regional, subregion.
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