Springfield's City Council has decided to implement a land-use code, and it hired an executive leader to operate the city's land-use department. The new code will limit the number of restaurants that can be built near a residential area. The excerpt provides an example of which responsibility of local government?

providing sanitation
regulating zoning
providing education
maintaining parks and bike trails

The excerpt provides an example of the regulating zoning responsibility of the local government. This can be proven with the definition of zoning which is; divide into or assign to zones, in particular. When compared to the example provided the definition seems to fit.

Explanation:

the u.s. department of labor is a cabinet-level federal agency that supports the american labor force. it has three overall functions. first, it protects the rights of workers and retirees. second, it provides job training. third, it provides statistics related to working, prices, and income.