Zoning refers to laws that regulate how real property can be used in certain areas, designating the type of operations ...

Three weeks after a state judge struck down a controversial zoning law, St. John the Baptist Parish Council is considering reinstating the same law to allow the construction of a $479 million grain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Before discussing the problems with zoning, Gray (full ...

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The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission held a meeting Monday on how close power plants can be to residential areas. They amended a proposed ordinance that would require natural gas power ...

Lehigh Valley communities can’t totally stop data centers from being built, but they can put limits on where they can go. That’s the purpose of zoning ordinances, which municipalities across the state ...

Luzerne County planners have proposed a zoning ordinance amendment that would limit data centers to certain zoning districts in 20 municipalities and require zoning board approval. The county planning ...

A Texas appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling and upheld the constitutionality of HB 2127, a law limiting the power of cities to create local ordinances. The law, known as the "Death Star" ...

FRANKSTOWN — The Frankstown Board of Supervisors is seeking public comment on a suite of proposed amendments to the current zoning ordinance that would regulate both residential and commercial solar ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCSC) — Berkeley County is rewriting its zoning ordinance for the first time in more than two decades as officials work to address population growth and changing development needs ...