Sentence examples for fire zoning from inspiring English sources

"Right now there are restrictions on where you can build relative to earthquake faults, (and) flood hazards, but we don't have any sore of fire zoning that says you can't build here because it's too hazardous.

Before the fire, zoning had been basically aesthetic; that is, people who built a mansion on Fifth Avenue didn't want a pig farm next door.

For example, a church has to be subordinate to the state in obeying civic ordinances -- fire codes, zoning laws, and the like.

The standards would tighten depending on level of hazard determined through a "fire exposure severity zoning system".

It has involved the fire, building inspection, zoning and health departments, and has connected residents with social services.

Governor Owens of Colorado said in an interview that while state government could encourage people to take precautions against fire, changes in zoning laws and building codes are best left to local governments.

Many of the members of that press corps were savvy veterans, senior reporters who saw the beat as the culmination of a career that usually included reporting on fires, crime and zoning board hearings.

"While Westerners are getting more educated about fire, there is still a kind of dangerous independence, one that resists all zoning and regulation, that exists among people who live in the fire zone," said Pat Williams, a former Montana congressman.

Cities have cited such operations for building, fire or zoning violations, but they often swiftly relocate and reopen for business.

For the past four years, some residents have been working closely with the Town of Babylon to stem the tide through enforcement of zoning and fire codes.

It means not only replacing combustible roofs but enacting building codes, zoning reform, fire taxes and other infringements on private property.