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  2. Planning and zoning commission - Wikipedia

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    A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...

  3. Valdese, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Valdese (/ ˈ v æ l d i s / VAL-dees) [4] is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,689 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] It is part of the Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area .

  4. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The constitutionality of zoning ordinances was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. in 1926. The zoning ordinance of Euclid, Ohio was challenged in court by a local land owner on the basis that restricting use of property violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ambler ...

  5. Exclusionary zoning - Wikipedia

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    Exclusionary zoning is the use of zoning ordinances to exclude certain types of land uses from a given community, especially to regulate racial and economic diversity. [1] In the United States, exclusionary zoning ordinances are standard in almost all communities.

  6. Valdese - Wikipedia

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    Valdese may refer to: Valdese, North Carolina; Valdese News; Waldensians, Valdesi in Italian; See also. Valdez (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 24 ...

  7. Spot zoning - Wikipedia

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    Generally, zoning is a constitutional exercise of a state's police power [4] to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, spot zoning (or any zoning enactment) would be unconstitutional to the extent that it contradicts or fails to advance a legitimate public purpose, such as promotion of community welfare or protection of other properties.

  8. Zoning - Wikipedia

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    The Zoning Scheme of the General Spatial Plan for the City of Skopje, North Macedonia.Different urban zoning areas are represented by different colours. In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones.

  9. Unified Development Ordinance - Wikipedia

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    A Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), also referred to as Unified Development Code (UDC), is a kind of American land-use planning regulation. A UDO is a document in which traditional zoning and subdivision regulations are combined with other desired city regulations, such as design guidelines and water management, into a single document.