Residential area
A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is housing. In areas that are
zoned residential, buildings may include single family housing, multiple family housing such as or
mobile homes. Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It may permit high density land use or only permit low density uses. Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning.
In certain situations residential areas may consist of quite large tracts of land which have no services whatsoever requiring a trip to town in order to fulfill basic needs.
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residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is housing. In areas that are
zoned residential, buildings may include single family housing, multiple family housing such as or
mobile homes. Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It may permit high density land use or only permit low density uses. Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning.
In certain situations residential areas may consist of quite large tracts of land which have no services whatsoever requiring a trip to town in order to fulfill basic needs. Because of the large distances involved most of these numerous trips involve using a motor vehicle. In the case of a
land development the pattern of development is usually set forth in the restrictive covenants contained in the
deeds to the properties in the development, but may also result from or be reinforced by
zoning. Restrictive covenants are not easily changed as the agreement of all property owners may need to be obtained to effect a change.
