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

Students at Edgewood in the Fairmount neighborhood would be rezoned within a mile of home for either Gwynn Park or Windsor Hills elementaries, according to a presentation from Angela Alvarez, director of the district’s office of new initiatives, to the school board Tuesday night. —Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024

Families living in the Willow Lake boundary zones that are below 79th Street and east of Ditch Road, as well as families living in the Williams Creek neighborhood, would be rezoned to go to Greenbriar. —Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2024

Riverside County leaders are reviewing a dozen requests that would rezone portions of rural residential land in Mead Valley, a move that could upset the balance between maintaining solitude for residents and shouldering a disproportionate share of warehouses. —Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

The City Council on Monday rezoned a 31-acre property that was formerly home to a military supply depot in northeast Denver’s Clayton neighborhood. —Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 15 Oct. 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