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Toward Effective Municipal Zoning, Arval Morris
Toward Effective Municipal Zoning, Arval Morris
Washington Law Review
Zoning is a legal device which complements comprehensive planning by effectuating the plan, and is the offspring of urgent urban necessity. In its ordinance form, it constitutes an exercise of the police power and consists primarily of classification. It envisions a division of land into districts, subjecting the land in each district to different regulations concerning its use. Considerations of district boundaries and use regulations are legislative in character, lying within the wisdom of a city council. Zoning generally must reflect an appreciation of the character of the land and its structures, its uniqueness for particular uses, plus regard for …
Local Government, Donna Berg
Local Government, Donna Berg
Washington Law Review
Covers cases on municipal corporations—power of eminent domain—condemnation of lands for resale to private industry and on zoning ordinances—power to require termination of nonconforming use.