rezone
verb
re·zone
(ˌ)rē-ˈzōn 
rezoned; rezoning
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
Michael KnightHowever 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
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
Jo Gwin Shelby
… Mr. Bloomberg effected the most extensive rezonings in city history …
—Julia Vitullo-Martin
Julia Vitullo-Martin
… a rezoning request to allow gravel mining on 480 acres of grazing land …
—Lawrence Shulruff
Lawrence Shulruff
Examples of rezone in a Sentence
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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
After further discussion with the developers, the commission unanimously denied rezoning the parcel.
—Archer Guanco, Daniel Schoenherr, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
Inwood has seen a flurry of new developments take shape since the neighborhood was rezoned in 2018, and some of the most dramatic changes are happening on the corner of 207th St. and Ninth Ave. — across the river from another big project, Fordham Landing in the Bronx.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2024
The proposal to rezone 4812 Parker Henderson Road comes fresh on the heels of a months-long battle to block a 7-acre warehouse complex just a mile north.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
After further discussion with the developers, the commission unanimously denied rezoning the parcel.
—Archer Guanco, Daniel Schoenherr, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
Inwood has seen a flurry of new developments take shape since the neighborhood was rezoned in 2018, and some of the most dramatic changes are happening on the corner of 207th St. and Ninth Ave. — across the river from another big project, Fordham Landing in the Bronx.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2024
The proposal to rezone 4812 Parker Henderson Road comes fresh on the heels of a months-long battle to block a 7-acre warehouse complex just a mile north.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
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“Rezone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rezone. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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