zoning ordinance

collocation in English

meaningsofzoningandordinance

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zoning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈzəʊ.nɪŋ/us
/ˈzoʊ.nɪŋ/
the act of deciding, or the decision that has been taken about, what particular use an area ...
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ordinance
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.dɪ.nəns/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.əns/
a law or rule made by a government ...
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(Definition ofzoningandordinancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this case, the court struck down a comprehensivezoningordinancewhich prevented a nurse from using her home to see private patients.
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With azoningordinance, there was a plan of classification that was presumed to be valid.
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A property owner engaged in lawful business incurred great expense because of azoningordinance.
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Although not an evaluation of azoningordinanceper se, the opinion introduced an important revision of the strict substantial relation test.
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The 1909zoningordinancedesignated the area as a residential district.
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The company later attempted to back out of that purchase agreement on the grounds that thezoningordinanceimposed an incumbrance on the property.
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The building's exterior, entrances, inner courtyard and stairways are protected by azoningordinance.
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Thezoningordinanceof the village was adopted in 1963, but the existence of equestrian farms predate the village by decades.
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A use variance is a variance that authorizes a land use not normally permitted by thezoningordinance.
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Spot zoning may be ruled invalid as an arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable treatment of a limited parcel of land by a localzoningordinance.
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The 1973 ordinance serves as a basis for the currentzoningordinance.
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Under a 2004 cityzoningordinance, several of those neighborhoods have used a petition process to establish zones that prohibit or severely restrict renting.
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Goldblatt complied with this ordinance but in 1956 the town sought an injunction against further excavation as being in violation of azoningordinance.
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Although the sign was about 12 times larger than allowed by the city'szoningordinance, the museum was exempt from local zoning ordinances as a federal governmental installation.
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Houston is a large city (with a metropolitan population of 5.5 million) in a developed country without a comprehensivezoningordinance.
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Zoning ordinances worked out in minute detail with thoughtfully drawn district boundaries based on detailed knowledge of local conditions could endow almost any regulation with an "impregnable" character.
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The new town government increased police protection, mosquito and sanitation control, and street lights and zoning ordinances resulted in increased property values.
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This legislation established the institutional framework for zoning ordinances.
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