Euclidean Zoning

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010165",
  "term": "Euclidean Zoning",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Zoning of the type adopted by the city of Euclid, Ohio, and made famous in 1926 by the United States Supreme Court decision in village of Euclid vs Ambler Realty Company, upholding the nation's first comprehensive zoning ordinance. The Euclid zoning ordinance restricted the location of trades, industries, apartment houses, two-family houses, single-family houses, the lot area to be built upon, the size and height of the buildings, etc. The court found these restrictions neither \"unreasonable\" nor \"arbitrary.\" Since that time the term has come to describe the most common form of zoning in the United States, in which \"use districts\" are designated (i.e., light manufacturing, commercial, single-family residential) and only the permitted use or a \"higher\" one is allowed. Thus in an area zoned for heavy industry, all other uses would theoretically be permitted (though there are some exceptions to this under the principle of exclusive zoning), whereas in an area of single-family residences, no other uses are likely to be permitted. (Abrams 1971)",
  "references": [
    "USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/euclidean-zoning/"
}