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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 (apartments,
duplexes, townhomes (or similar configurations), condominiums)
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
(many of whom may not live in the area) may need to be obtained
to effect a change.
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