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  2. Residential area - Wikipedia

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    Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It may permit high density land use or only permit low density uses. Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR (floor area ratio) than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning. The area may be large or ...

  3. Single-family zoning - Wikipedia

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    Zoning map of Winnipeg (1947); single-family zoning highlighted in yellow. Single-family zoning is a type of planning restriction applied to certain residential zones in the United States and Canada in order to restrict development to only allow single-family detached homes.

  4. Residential zone - Wikipedia

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    Residential zone can refer to: Residential area, an area zoned for residential development; Residential zoning, the practice of designating an area for residential ...

  5. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bassett's zoning map established height restrictions for the entire city, expressed as ratios between maximum building height and the width of adjacent streets. Residential zones were the most restrictive, limiting building height to no higher than the width of adjoining streets.

  6. 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.

  7. Planned unit development - Wikipedia

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    A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non-Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and development flexibility. [1]

  8. Medium-density housing - Wikipedia

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    Medium-density housing is a term used within urban planning and academic literature to refer to a category of residential development that falls between detached suburban housing and large multi-story buildings. There is no singular definition of medium-density housing as its precise definition tends to vary between jurisdiction.

  9. Mixed-use development - Wikipedia

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    Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some degree physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections.