zoning
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Some towns proposed outright bans while others erected zoning or regulatory barriers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
If Thomas Jefferson proclaimed landed democracy, Herbert Hoover, the evangelist of zoning codes, was the prophet of the ownership society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Uttarakhand government on 12 October approved new floodplain zoning rules to regulate land use and development.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
City zoning typically restricts commercial buildings to about seven stories, so “some people are a little bit surprised” by the near-skyscraper scale of the tower, said Lina Lee, a managing director at CIM.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Just tell your dad,” he said, “that I’ve already submitted his zoning violation to the Community Council meeting.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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