Within a urban area there is a tendency for land uses to aggregate. Helena (ˈhɛlɨnə is the Capital city of the US state of Montana and the County seat of Lewis and Clark County A residential area is a land use in which the predominant use is housing. Land use' is also often used to refer to the distinct land use types in Zoning. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single family housing, multiple family housing such as (apartments, duplexes, townhomes (or similar configurations), condominiums) or mobile homes. In Architecture and City planning, a terrace(d or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to Patio houses A condominium, or condo, is a form of Housing tenure and other Real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate (usually of an apartment Mobile homes or static caravans are prefabricated homes built in factories rather than on site and then taken to the place where they will be occupied Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It may permit high density land use or only permit low density uses. Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR (floor to area ratio) than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning.
In certain residential areas, largely rural, quite large tracts of land may exist which have no services whatsoever. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time Because a large distance must be traveled to access the nearest services, most journeys involve using a motor vehicle or some other form of transport. This need has resulted in Residential land development usually existing or planned infrastructure such as rail and road. The pattern of development is usually set forth in the restrictive covenants contained in the deeds to the properties in the development, but may also result from or be reinforced by zoning. A real covenant is a Legal obligation imposed in a Deed by the seller upon the buyer of Real estate to do or not to do something A deed is a Legal instrument used to grant a Right. Deeds are part of the broader category of documents under seal. Zoning is a term used in Urban planning for a system of land-use Regulation in various parts of the world including North America the United Kingdom Restrictive covenants are not easily changed as the agreement of all property owners (many of whom may not live in the area) may need to be obtained to effect a change.
Residential Differentiation:
These are some of the various zones under which Residential Areas fall.