Zoning lawsCommercialareaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchThisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Commercialarea" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)ViewoftheFinancialDistrictofTaipei,Taiwan.AerialviewoftheFinancialDistrictinDowntownTorontoMainStreetinChesterton,IndianaCommercialareasinacityareareas,districts,orneighborhoodsprimarilycomposedofcommercialbuildings,suchasadowntown,centralbusinessdistrict,financialdistrict,"MainStreet",commercialstrip,orshoppingcenters.Commercialactivitywithincitiesincludesthebuyingandsellingofgoodsandservicesinretailbusinesses,wholesalebuyingandselling,financialestablishments,andawidevarietyofusesthatarebroadlyclassifiedas"business."Whilecommercialactivitiestypicallytakeuparelativelysmallamountofland,theyareextremelyimportanttoacommunity'seconomy.Theyprovideemployment,facilitatethecirculationofmoney,andoftenservemanyotherrolesimportanttothecommunity,suchaspublicgatheringandculturalevents.Acommercialareaisrealestateintendedforusebyfor-profitbusinesses,suchasofficecomplexes,shoppingmalls,servicestationsandrestaurants.Itmaybepurchasedoutrightbyadeveloperforfutureprojectsorleasedthrougharealestatebroker.Thistypeofpropertyfallssomewherebetweenresidentialandindustrialproperty.Practicallyeveryincomermustgrantpermissiontobuildanewofficecomplexorotherprofit-makingbusiness,thecitygovernmentmustdeterminethatthechosenareaisindeedcommercialarea.Thezoneswhichseparatecommercial,industrial,andresidentialareaareclearlyzonedforcommercialuse,thenthecitywillallowthesaletoproceedforthestateduse.Ifanypartofthepropertyextendsintoaresidentialorindustrialzone,however,thenthebuyermustseeka'variance',specialpermissiontocrossoverazoneboundary.Acommercialareacanbeheldbyrealestateagentswhotreatitthesameasresidentialareas.Signsadvertisingtheavail