PROS

CONS

• Zoning can protect and enhance property values.
• Zoning can help to implement the community goals and objectives of a comprehensive plan.
• Zoning can conserve existing neighborhoods.
• Zoning can preserve existing structures.
• Zoning can prevent the mixing of incompatible land uses (such as erotic dance clubs and schools).
• Zoning can allow potential nuisance uses to be located away from residential neighborhoods or other sensitive areas.
• Zoning can provide for better lot arrangement. Zoning can protect recreational areas and open space.
• Zoning can conserve environmentally sensitive areas.
• Zoning can insure the availability of an adequate number of parking spaces.
• Zoning can guarantee adequate light, air, and privacy to new homes.
• Most importantly, zoning gives the community some control over its land uses, appearance, and quality of life in the future.

• Zoning requires that all involved property owners relinquish some of their individual property freedoms for the common good.
•  Zoning can discourage some development in some locations.
• Zoning can increase the cost of building new structures.
• Zoning can work against historic mixed use neighborhoods in older communities.
• To a certain extent, zoning limits the development potential of previously existing land uses and structures that do not conform with the zoning’s standards.
• Properly enforcing a zoning ordinance involves a long-term commitment to a certain level of community spending.