Zoning can also provide the opportunity to stimulate or slow down development in specific areas. The purpose of zoning is to allow local and national authorities to regulate and control land and property markets to ensure complementary uses. It determines the location, size, and use of buildings and decides the density of city blocks (City of New York 2015a).
Zoning has a relatively short history as a tool for land-use planning. It does so by dividing land that comprises the statutory area of a local authority into sections, permitting particular land uses on specific sites to shape the layout of towns and cities and enable various types of development. Zoning is a planning control tool for regulating the built environment and creating functional real estate markets.
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