rezone

verb

re·​zone (ˌ)rē-ˈzōn 

rezoned; rezoning

transitive verb

law

: to change the zoning of (an area) : to designate (a zone or zones of a city, town, or borough) for a new purpose or use through a change in the applicable zoning regulations

… is seeking to have land it purchased near the airport rezoned from residential use for commercial use …

—Michael Knight

However many at-home workers there are, their numbers are large enough to cause some communities to rezone neighborhoods so that certain kinds of work … can take place there …

—Lynette Lamb

rezoning noun

plural rezonings

… opposition to the development arose because commercial rezoning of the property was necessary to the development.

—Jo Gwin Shelby

… Mr. Bloomberg effected the most extensive rezonings in city history …

—Julia Vitullo-Martin

… a rezoning request to allow gravel mining on 480 acres of grazing land …

—Lawrence Shulruff

Examples of rezone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The area was previously rezoned in 2001 and has been rapidly developing ever since, in tandem with a series of smaller rezonings nearby. —Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024

If all remains on track as listed, rezoning the parcel and approving a development agreement could occur as early as October, said City Administrator Patrick Brever. —Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024

Lennar and other investors successfully rezoned the site to residential use after arguing for years that industrial developers were not interested in the land. —Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024

Last fall Peloquin and business partners asked the commission to rezone woodlands east of Milton Road and Beach Street, a couple of blocks from Route 202 and about a mile from the town center. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

rezone

verb

re·​zone

(ˈ)rē-ˈzōn

: to alter the zoning of

rezoned the neighborhood for business

Legal Definition

rezone

transitive verb

re·​zone

rē-ˈzōn

rezoned; rezoning

: to zone again or anew