" A Standard State Zoning Enabling Act " ( SZEA ) was a model law for U.S. states to enable zoning regulations in their jurisdictions. It was drafted by a committee of the Department of Commerce and first issued in 1922. This act was one of the foundational developments in land use planning in the United States.
5-505: The zoning advisory committee that wrote the standard act was formed in the U.S. Department of Commerce in September 1921. The Secretary of Commerce was Herbert Hoover , who was later elected US President. The SZEA begins with several explanatory notes. The act itself is nine sections with annotations mostly describing the committee's choice of words. The SZEA was first issued in August 1922,
10-570: Is a statutory member of Cabinet of the United States . The secretary is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate . The secretary of commerce is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce". Until 1913, there was one secretary of commerce and labor , uniting this department with
15-631: The United States Department of Labor , which is now headed by a separate United States secretary of labor . Secretary of Commerce is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule with an annual salary of US$ 221,400, as of January 2021. The current secretary of commerce is former Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo , who was sworn in on March 3, 2021. Independent (1) Democratic (20) Republican (18) The line of succession for
20-401: The basic foundation for land development controls in the U.S." United States Secretary of Commerce The United States secretary of commerce ( SecCom ) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce . The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary reports directly to the president and
25-738: Was reissued in revised form in January 1923, and was first printed in May 1924. More than 55,000 copies of the first printed edition were sold. A second printed edition was published in 1926. The 1926 revised second printing noted that 19 states had passed enabling acts modeled on the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act. The American Planning Association wrote that the SZEA and the Standard City Planning Enabling Act of 1927 "laid
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