A new zoning change requiring large commercial projects that adjoin residential areas to have a 50-foot wooded or landscaped buffer at the property line was adopted Wednesday by the Riverhead Town ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has taken early steps to adjust a buffer zone that would allow commercial menhaden fishing closer to the state’s coastline, reigniting the industry’s ...

Responding to complaints that large commercial developers along Route 58 have taken down all the trees and bushes on their property, town officials are proposing modifying their zoning code to require ...

The City of Houston is considering an ordinance that would create buffer zones between residential and commercial developments. The largest city in the United States without zoning, Houston is home to ...