Video Transcript

Zoning is a process by which local governments design where different types of uses can go. It controls what you can do on your own property. They do this so that when you build a house in a nice residential development, somebody doesn't put a pig farm next door. Zoning controls what types of uses you can use on your property, the size of those uses, how far you have to be set back from the road, and also make sure that the different types of uses that a community needs are found within those communities, schools, commercial locations for jobs, and your residential area.