noun
semi-industrial district; light-industrial zone
A Japanese zoning category (City Planning Act) that allows light industry and some commercial facilities while restricting heavy industry and certain large-scale commercial developments.
この工場は準工業地域に建てられています。
This factory is built in a semi-industrial district.
準工業地域では、住宅の建設も一定の条件下で認められています。
In semi-industrial zones, residential construction is also permitted under certain conditions.
Compound of 準 (jun, 'semi-', 'quasi-'), 工業 (kōgyō, 'industry'), and 地域 (chiiki, 'area', 'zone'). A modern legal term from Japanese city planning law.