n. Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
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n. dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
Word Usage
"So this issue of rotation which was eventually adopted as a gentleman agreement which we called zoning rather than rotation, there was no formula that was adopted."