Isn't zoning primarily based upon traffic patterns and emissions as a rationale? A warehouse isn't usually a high traffic area. (Distribution center is the orie

Isn't zoning primarily based upon traffic patterns and emissions as a rationale? A warehouse isn't usually a high traffic area. (Distribution center is the orientation there, implying more throughput and less storage relatively speaking.) Compliance aside the real question should be why are they zoned that way, and should they be? The ancient "kingdoms of land, sea, and air" taxonomy was abandoned for a reason.