Sentence examples for by the zoning code from inspiring English sources

NIMBYism has been institutionalised by the zoning code in Los Angeles," says Mr Suzuki.

The project was also reviewed by the Board of Standards and Appeals, which voted late last month to approve a hardship application from the company, allowing a taller, bulkier building than permitted by the zoning code, including 60percentt more floor space than would otherwise have been allowed.

By changing the zoning code, the city gained new rental housing, jobs and tax revenues, said Mayor Hal Godwin.

By modifying the zoning code to allow artists both to live and work above the stores, landlords have an incentive to repair the spaces and put them on the market, she said.

This aggregation was aided by numerical information within the zoning code related to lot size, building heights, etc., as well as street-level photography of the structures present for each zoning type.

Someone wants to build a house that is taller, roomier or surrounded by a higher fence than the zoning code permits, so he takes his case before the local zoning board of appeals.

The plan to overhaul the zoning code was announced by Mr. Rose in a speech at City Hall in April 1999.

Last year, the village revised the zoning code to cut by more than half the overall size of new homes being built on a one-acre parcel.

But he said the board rigorously applied criteria set forth in the zoning code and interpreted by the courts, and often required developers to make changes in planned projects before approving them.

During the Giuliani administration, the planning staff and its chairman, Joseph B. Rose, worked mightily on a vast third citywide revision of the zoning code, but the effort was eventually dropped by City Hall after the real estate industry objected.

The zoning code hasn't changed much since the 1940s.