Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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contract zoning
See ZONING.
contract zoning.
1. Zoning according to an agreement, by which the landowner agrees to certain restrictions or conditions in exchange for more favorable zoning treatment. ( This type of contract zoning is usu. considered an illegal restraint of the government's police power, because by private agreement, the government has committed itself to a particular type of zoning. 2. Rezoning of property to a less restrictive classification subject to the landowner's agreement to observe specified limitations on the use and physical development of the property that are not imposed on other property in the zone. ( This device is esp. used when property is located in a more restrictive zone that borders on a less restrictive zone.