Zoning laws encoded class segregation through moralistic language. [contrarian]
Given the eloquence of the Association's plea, it is not surprising that the desired building-occupancy restrictions became law, thus protecting the inalienable right of the well-to-do to spend their money with- . out having to rub shoulders with the "dangerous classes."
XREF: Connects to redlining and zoning law history; echoes of Richard Rothstein's 'The Color of Law' and the economic segregation roots of American housing policy.
QUESTION: Which city and association is this referring to? The context suggests a specific historical case worth identifying for citation.
QUESTION: How directly did the Association's rhetoric map onto the actual statute's provisions, and how openly was class bias acknowledged at the time?
Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order a…, loc. 414