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I think you mean "any American zoning code", not "any reasonable code". In Japan, zones are additive: if commercial use is permitted, residential use is also p

I think you mean "any American zoning code", not "any reasonable code". In Japan, zones are additive: if commercial use is permitted, residential use is also permitted. http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/japanese-zoning.h... That said, in Japan the idea of converting a building from one use to another is virtually unknown. Buildings aren't built to last, so it's cheaper and easier to tear them down and rebuild to your liking.

brudgers 11y ago
Stacked zoning exists in the US and was very common in the wave of local zoning adoptions in the 1920's. Over time, other forms have tended to replace it or be selected for initial ordinances. I suspect Japan's history of zoning like many of it's political institutions arose under rather different circumstances in the 1940's, hence it is national law rather than local. Anyway, I qualified "residential" with "prohibited".