zoning

The division of a municipality into districts for the application of municipal regulations. Miller v Board of Public Works, 195 Cal 477, 234 P 3 8 1, 38 ALR 1479, error dismd 273 US 781, 71 L Ed 889, 47 S Ct 460. The creation and application of structural and use restrictions imposed upon the owners of real estate within prescribed districts or zones. 58 Am J1st Zon § 1. Literally, separating commercial or industrial districts of a city or town from the residential districts, and prohibiting the establishment of places of business or industry in any district designated as residential. State ex rel. Civello v New Orleans, 154 La 271, 97 So 440, 33 ALR 260, 268. Zoning regulations are divided into two classes: (1). Those which regulate the height or bulk of buildings within certain designated districts-in other words, those regulations which have to do with structural and architectural designs of the buildings; and (2) those which prescribe the use to which buildings within certain designated districts may be put. Both modes of regulation have received the sanction of the Supreme Court of the United States. Miller v Board of Public Works, 195 Cal 477, 234 P 381, 38 ALR 1479, 1483. See partial zoning; spot zoning.