Definition of "zoning" []

• Present participle of zone. (verb)
• Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned. (noun)

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• "So this issue of rotation which was eventually adopted as a gentleman agreement which we called zoning rather than rotation, there was no formula that was adopted."
• "Is that you really do need to install what we call zoning where you prevent employee and equipment traffic from raw areas to processed areas."
• "I grew up in Westwood in the 60s and knew that "zoning" was probably a code word for no blacks."