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DEFINITION of 'Zoning Ordinance'. Written regulations and laws that define how property in specific geographic zones can be used. Zoning ordinances specify whether zones can be used for residential or commercial purposes, and may also regulate lot size, placement, bulk (or density) and the height of structures.
Zoning Code. A set of laws that regulate a variety of issues in the unincorporated area including the use of buildings, structures and land, signs and billboards, size and use of lots, intensity of land use, off-street parking, setback lines and open space. set of laws that consists of all of the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances codified pursuant to Sections 25126 to 25130, inclusive, of the Government Code of the state.