In some cases, the city will buy "conservation easements," leaving the land in private hands but making a payment to forbid future development.

The U.S. properly rejected this attempt to forbid private development of space resources.

The campaign to create the 2004 Coastal Law, which forbids new development in any area within 300 meters from the coastline was a notable accomplishment.

This classification is the state's most stringent and forbids development within the watershed boundary.

Mr. Nunn said they had made clear that the treaty forbade development and testing of exotic new antimissile systems.

Federal regulations forbid commercial development at rest areas on toll-free interstates; only toll roads can offer services to the public.

Now this is more of a condemnation of the carrier network and software culture than it is a reason to forbid third-party development.

Local authority planning rulings forbid large-scale development in the town.

The association owns all the land around the lake within 100 feet of the shore and forbids development on it.

The farms purchased by the state are auctioned off, with restrictions that forbid development.