Contract zoning

Contract zoning

Contract zoning in the United States is a land use regulation where a local zoning authority accommodates a private interest by rezoning a district or a parcel of land within that district, on the condition that the limitations or restrictions set by the town for those parcels are accepted by the owner. The conditions are not necessarily applied to other similarly zoned parcels.

Courts have ruled contract zoning unconstitutional.

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