Zoning Ordinances

Laws passed by local governments regulating the size, type, structure, nature and use of buildings. Zoning ordinances, often referred to as zoning laws and zoning regulations, are divided into two classes: (1) Those which regulate the height or bulk of buildings within certain designated zones or districts, in other words, those which relate to structural and architectural design, and (2) those which prescribe the type of buildings which may be constructed and the use to which buildings within certain designated zones or districts may be plot.