Editing Zoning (section)

=== Japan ===
Zoning districts are classified into twelve use zones.<ref name="mlit:1">{{Cite web |date=January 2003 |title=Introduction to Land use Planning System in Japan |url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000234477.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913101110/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000234477.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2014 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |publisher=[[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]}}</ref> Each zone determines a building's shape and permitted uses. A building's shape is controlled by zonal restrictions on allowable [[floor area ratio]] and height (in absolute terms and in relation with adjacent buildings and roads).<ref name=":1" /> These controls are intended to allow adequate light and ventilation between buildings and on roads.<ref name=":1" /> Instead of single-use zoning, zones are defined by the "most intense" use permitted. Uses of lesser intensity are permitted in zones where higher intensity uses are permitted but higher intensity uses are not allowed in lower intensity zones.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Category
!Description
|-
|Category 1 Exclusively Low-Rise Residential Zone
|Designated for low-rise residential buildings.

Permitted uses within these buildings include small shops, offices and elementary and high schools.
|-
|Category 2 Exclusively Low-Rise Residential Zone
|Designated for low-rise residential buildings with above permitted uses as well as shop buildings with floor area up to 150 m<sup>2</sup>.
|-
|Category 1 Medium and High-rise oriented Residential Zone
|Designated for medium to high-rise residential buildings with hospitals, university buildings and shop buildings with floor areas up to 500 m<sup>2</sup> also permitted.
|-
|Category 2 Medium and High-rise oriented Residential zone
|Same as Category 1 Medium and High-rise oriented Residential zone, except shops and office buildings up to 1,500 m<sup>2</sup> are permitted
|-
|Category 1 residential zone
|Designated for residential with other permitted buildings including shops, offices and hotel buildings with floor areas up to 3,000 m<sup>2</sup> and auto repair shops up to 50 m<sup>2</sup>
|-
|Category 2 residential zone:
|Same as Category 1 residential zone, except karaoke boxes are permitted and there are no longer building size restrictions in this zone.
|-
|Quasi-residential zone
|Designated primarily residential with introduction of vehicle-related road facilities.
Same permitted uses as Category 2 residential zone with addition of theatres, restaurants, stores and other entertainment facilities with more than 10,000 m<sup>2</sup> of floor area and warehouses.
|-
|Neighbourhood commercial zone
|Designated for neighbourhood-based daily shopping activities.

Same permitted uses as Quasi-residential zone with addition of auto-repair shops with areas up to 300 m<sup>2</sup>.
|-
|Commercial zone
|Designated for banks, cinemas and department stores.
Same permitted uses as Neighbourhood commercial zone with addition of public bathhouses
|-
|Quasi-industrial
|Designated for light industrial and service facilities.
Same permitted uses as Commercial zone with addition of factories with some possible danger of environmental degradation.
|-
|Industrial zone
|Designated for factories.
Residences and shopping can be constructed but schools, hospitals and hotels are impermissible
|-
|Exclusively industrial
|Designated for factories. All non-factory uses are impermissible.
|}