Zoning Ordinance with Minimum Floor Area Requirement Doesn't Constitute Racial Discrimination

摘要

A zoning ordinance setting minimum floor space requirements for single-family homes did not constitute racial discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division, ruled. (Homebuilders Association of Mississippi, Inc. v. City of Brandon, Civil Action No. 3:07-cv-716-WHB-LRA, 2009 WL 2151144 (S.D.Miss.), July 16, 2009)rnThe city of Brandon revised its zoning ordinances in 2006 to establish minimum floor space and lot areas. In districts zoned R-1-B, for example, the minimum lot size was set at 8,500 square feet and the minimum floor space, at 1,600 square feet.