Give an account of zoning. What are nonconforming uses?

What will be an ideal response?

Most counties and municipalities have enacted zoning ordinances to regulate land use. Zoning generally 1. establishes land use districts within the municipality (i.e., areas are generally designated residential, commercial, or industrial); 2. restricts the height, size, and location of buildings on a building site; and 3 . establishes aesthetic requirements or limitations for the exterior of buildings. A zoning commission usually formulates zoning ordinances, conducts public hearings, and makes recommendations to the city council, which must vote to enact an ordinance. Once a zoning ordinance is enacted, the zoning ordinance commission enforces it. Zoning laws act prospectively; that is, uses and buildings that already exist in the zoned area are permitted to continue even though they do not fit within new zoning ordinances. Such uses are called nonconforming uses.