Due to local zoning, most businesses tend to be smaller operations.

The project needs no regulatory approval because it meets local zoning.

Proposals for houses smaller than permitted by local zoning have been producing some court cases in recent years.

These are often required to satisfy local zoning and/or mobile home park regulations.

Most of them are protected because they predate local zoning.

It allowed group homes to bypass local zoning, as long they met state codes.

The forces hurting the market grew stronger in 1995, when the local zoning was changed to allow for housing.

But municipalities are to retain their local zoning and planning powers.

They have also been active participants in local zoning and political campaigns.

"No one on this Board wants to override local zoning," he said.