Zoning is a tool that most cities use to govern âusesâ (e.g. residential, commercial, or industrial), the size of buildings, and how buildings relate to their surroundings, including other buildings, open spaces, and the street.n the U.S., zoning began as a tool to separate uses from one another, and in particular was used to separate more impactful uses (manufacturing) from more sensitive uses (residential). This type of zoning is largely known as Euclidean Zoning, named after the U.S. Supreme Court Case that legitimized the use of the tool.
covert operation. n an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor. Types: black operation.
this chapter covers congress s awareness of and involvement in the third of the agency s functional areas what has come to be called covert action generally speaking covert actions are activities that the cia might undertake in other countries to accomplish a us foreign policy objective without the hand of the us government becoming known or apparent to the outside world thus it is something different from collection it is doing something in