Commercial district
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A commercial district or commercial zone is any part of a city or town in which the primary land use is
residential neighbourhood, an industrial zone, or other types of neighbourhoods. In some cities, authorities use planning or zoning
laws to define the boundaries of commercial districts.
Terminology
English
In the
Central Business District or CBD (term used especially, but not exclusively, in Australian and New Zealand English), or downtown (North American English with the exception of Liverpool, England, who also uniquely use the term 'downtown' [1]). "CBD" and "downtown" usually refer to centrally located areas of a city and are of predominate importance within their city, which differentiates them from other commercial districts. The financial district of a city is the specific area of either a larger CBD or downtown or separate zone and would typically house a stock exchange or several bank headquarters. Likewise, city centre is sometimes used as a synonym for CBD or downtown, but often the geographical centre of a city not a commercial district. Often the centre of a city in older cities has many historic, institutional, or cultural
areas.
Other languages
Most languages do not have a direct cognate for commercial district, but will have a related term such as the French quartier d'affaires ("business quarter"), or the Japanese shōtengai (literally, "commerce shop street").
See also
Related terms
- Commercial area
- Central Business District, downtown, city centre
- main street
- shōtengai
Specific usage of "commercial district" as a name
- Boneyfiddle Commercial District, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
- Broadway Theater and Commercial District, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Clematis Street Historic Commercial District, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Liverpool Commercial District, Liverpool, UK
- Ocala Historic Commercial District, Ocala, Florida, USA
- Titusville Commercial District, Titusville, Florida, USA
Other
- List of leading shopping streets and districts by city
- Joel Wachs, Los Angeles City Council member who authored law requiring commercial developers to set aside funds for art
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