Zoning Plan Local Urbanism — Tours Métropole Val de Loire

**Zoning: local urban planning plan of 22 municipalities of Tours Métropole Val de Loire** Zoning is a tool for regulating and controlling land use. The word is derived from the practice of dividing the municipal territory into zones and assigning to each of the permitted uses. The practice of zoning stems from the fact that harmonious cohabitation in a territory of residential, commercial and industrial uses requires more or less segregation between them, resulting in the allocation of one or more exclusive or mixed zones. Zoning is theoretically intended to aggregate compatible uses geographically, but in practice it is often used to prevent new developments that could harm existing residents or businesses and thus to protect the value of properties and maintain some social homogeneity. Zoning by-law usually governs the type of activity that will be permitted on a particular lot (such as green space, agriculture, housing, commerce or industry), the land use densities of these activities (often expressed as a land use coefficient or COS), the height of the buildings, the space that a building may occupy on the ground, the distances between the buildings or the building at the boundary of the lot (reset margin). The zoning also governs the proportions of each use in the same lot (e.g. percentage of green space) and the amount of parking to be provided. **More info about Urbanism Geoportal:** The Planning Geoportal allows citizens and professionals alike to consult all urban planning documents and public easements paid by their competent authorities. —> <HTTPS://WWW.GEOPORTAIL-URBANISME.GOUV.FR/>