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ˈzoning, vbl. n.
[f. zone v.]
1. Dividing into zones.
1819Keats Fall Hyperion i. 312 Not so much air As in the zoning of a summer's day. 1888Nature 5 July 225 What Mr. Lockyer has called the zoning of colour in the heavens. 1904Edin. Rev. Jan. 220 The zoning of the strata. 1942Times 5 June 2/3 Further steps, including the zoning of the distribution of manufactured goods..are being investigated by the Ministry. 1945Daily Tel. 17 May 5/7 In the zoning of Germany the United States Navy has been allotted the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven. 1946How Britain was fed in War Time (H.M.S.O.) iii. 22 The transport of food from production or import points to wholesalers' stores was effected by ‘zoning’ schemes... The country was divided into..zones, and movement between different zones..was allowed only by permit. 1968New York City (Michelin) 16 After the First World War... A new zoning law regulated the height of buildings in relation to the width of the streets.
2. spec. in (Town-) Planning, the regulation of land use by particular planning restrictions in designated areas. orig. U.S.
1912Proc. 4th Nat. Conference City Planning 190 In view of..existing indirect zoning laws, why not add some of the building laws in force in Frankfurt-on-the-Main? 1914Proc. 6th Nat. Conference City Planning 92 The well-established principle of zoning that has been in operation for a generation or more in that country [sc. Germany]. 1921Glasgow Herald 25 Mar. 8/3 ‘Zoning’ means the locating of industries in the areas which are best suited for them and the reserving for housing of districts best adapted for this purpose. 1940Graves & Hodge Long Week-End xi. 175 The Town-Planning Act of 1932 perpetuated this cleavage... Now there was ‘zoning’..segregating families according to their incomes. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA 31 Some States have introduced compulsory ‘agricultural zoning’ by which certain types of farming are prohibited in certain areas. 1966R. F. Babcock (title) The zoning game: municipal practices and policies. 1978J. A. Michener Chesapeake xiii. 830 Crossing over to the rivers south of Annapolis,..Chris had a chance to see how lack of zoning and policing had encouraged this shoreline to become a marine slum. |