fast-food zoning

fast-food zoning
n.
Zoning laws designed to keep fast-food restaurants out of an area or neighborhood.
Example Citations:
In an effort to provide residents with more nutritious choices, the L.A. City Council adopted landmark legislation in July mandating a one-year moratorium on the building of new fast-food eateries in a 32-square-mile area. (Fast-food zoning exists in other cities but is based on aesthetic considerations, not health factors.) According to Jan Perry, a council member who co-sponsored the bill and whose district is part of South L.A., the idea is to freeze fast-food development so that sit-down restaurants and quality-food markets will build in the area. 'When every corner is taken up with fast food,' Perry says, 'there's no room for anyone else.'
—Steven Kurutz, " Fast-Food Zoning: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/magazine/14Ideas-Section2-B-t-003.html," The New York Times, December 14, 2008
In the early 1990s, activists pushed the government to man date nutrition information on grocery items. Not surprisingly, food choices didn't change. Since then they have lobbied for fast-food zoning, Twinkie taxes, and outright food bans.
—Richard Berman, " Health activists overlook deadly effects of sitting: http://www.nrn.com/article.aspx?id=349238," Nation's Restaurant News, January 7, 2008
Earliest Citation:
New York Councilman Joel Rivera wants to ban fast food restaurants from certain areas of New York. Apparently such a law already exists in a small Californian city — Calistoga.
—" Fast Food Zoning: http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2006/09/25/fast_food_zoning.php," Diet Blog, September 25, 2006
Notes:
The phrase fast-food zoning used to mean the opposite: zoning laws that allow a fast-food restaurant to be built in a particular location. That sense of the phrase dates to about 1986. The more-to-the-point variation anti-fast-food zoning dates to about 1994.
The effectively alliterative phrase Twinkie tax used in the second citation is newish, but not quite new enough to be Word Spy-worthy. Here's the earliest citation I could find (and it seems to be saying that the phrase is even older than this):
Among tax proposals Daniels suggested merit consideration are ... Extending the 5 percent state sales tax to so-called "snack food." Once labeled the "Twinkie tax," the proposal would apply to such items as candy, chewing gum, potato chips, pretzels, cookies, ice cream, coffee and tea.
—Mike Lawrence, "Tax alternatives sought," Chicago Sun-Times, June 29, 1987
Related Words: Categories:

New words. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • fast-food cluster — n. A collection of fast food restaurants within a small geographical area. Example Citation: Every few miles, clusters of fast food joints seem to repeat themselves, Burger Kings, Wendy s, and McDonald s, Subways, Pizza Huts, and Taco Bells, they …   New words

  • Food and Drink — 100 foot diet alcopop allergy bullying antigriddle ape diet apple tourist auto eating beer miler …   New words

  • fast-casual — adj. Of or relating to a restaurant that offers a slightly higher quality of food, service, and atmosphere than a fast food restaurant. Example Citation: Besides bumping up a notch from fast food, the fast casual restaurants, including chains… …   New words

  • vasectomy zoning — (vas.EK.tuh.mee zoh.ning) n. Zoning laws and other restrictions that aim to keep children out of an area or neighborhood. Example Citations: Some communities that may not want to increase their school age population can embrace the elderly. That… …   New words

  • one-handed food — n. Food that is small enough to hold in one hand and is not messy to eat so that it can be consumed while driving or working. Example Citation: Fast food restaurants have succeeded best with one handed food, because the majority of fast food… …   New words

  • Functional zoning — is a term used to describe the phenomenon when buildings of the same function cluster together in an area of a city or town. Sometimes zoning laws require that uses be concentrated in a particular area. However, this clustering can occur even in… …   Wikipedia

  • fakeaway — n. A homemade meal that is similar to a takeaway meal purchased from a restaurant. [Blend of fake and takeaway.] Example Citations: If economy and health concerns put you off high street sandwiches, you could find inspiration for making your own… …   New words

  • drive-through cuisine — n. Food obtained via a restaurant s drive through window. Example Citation: Unlike most drive through cuisine I review, where I use the magic words new ... for a limited time only, Cheesy Bread Sticks have been a fixture on Domino s menu since… …   New words

  • groceraunt — n. A business that combines a grocery store and a restaurant. Example Citations: A new business word is getting traction in Arizona. (No, it s not sanctions. ) It s the term groceraunt. That s how Rose Allyn s Chief Marketing Officer Stacy… …   New words

  • eater-tainment — n. A restaurant that also offers entertainment such as wall mounted memorabilia, video displays, or live music. Also: eatertainment. Example Citation: Eater tainment has become the industry buzzword for restaurants such as Hard Rock Café, Dave… …   New words

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”