the.com/zoning regulations
the paperwork that decides whether your neighbor can open a llama farm next door.
means local laws dividing land into zones (residential, commercial, industrial) that dictate what can be built where and how it can be used.
from emerged in early 1900s america, with new york city's 1916 resolution as the first comprehensive citywide code, largely to keep factories away from mansions.
nyc triggera skyscraper blocking sunlight sparked the 1916 law
euclidean zoningnamed after euclid, ohio, not the geometer
parking minimumsoften shape cities more than height limits
single-family zoningcovers most residential land in many us cities