rezone
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of rezone
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Last year, Orr persuaded the City Council in Burleson to rezone the land, which had been restricted to agriculture, to permit retail and housing.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
For lawyer and activist Arif Ali Cangi, the legislation approved in July, which allows companies to expropriate or rezone agricultural land for mining, will only aggravate the situation.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The rezone could allow homes to be built not only on undeveloped land west of the winery complex, but also within the complex.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
To proceed with its plan, Disney must receive approval from Anaheim to rezone various areas of the resort for mixed-use land development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Rockingham County commissioners last month voted unanimously to rezone nearly 200 acres of farmland for commercial use, despite opposition from many local residents.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
My weekly processing of the past eventually migrated to another building when my therapist moved her practice to a house rezoned for offices in a residential neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The City Council is now faced with a vote that would effectively derail its plan to construct tiny houses on Seattle City Light property, once the land is rezoned.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Disney claims that for a more diverse and integrative experience that caters to the next generation of consumers, a portion of its land ought to be rezoned for mixed use.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
Rising at the edge of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal — a rezoned superfund site with developers racing to build — the colossal industrial relic known locally as the Batcave has found its own Bruce Wayne.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
The county, on the other hand, contends that it also should be compensated for a 4-acre parcel that could be developed into housing if it were rezoned.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The social media age — sometimes dubbed Web 2.0 to distinguish it from the less openly interactive earlier era of the internet — seemed to supercharge this impromptu rezoning of the information superhighway.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
A Kentucky statute required they sue those who had given authority for the rezoning: their own neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“We have withdrawn the rezoning application for the proposed data center development in Franklin Township,” Google said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
The Los Angeles City Council has given final approval to a sweeping rezoning plan to meet state-mandated housing goals, clearing the path for an additional 255,000 homes to be built.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
In 1966, the critical upper third of the Rock Creek basin was very nearly turned over to suburban developers as a playground for bulldozers by a lame-duck Montgomery County Council on a rezoning spree.
From The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Dept. of the Interior.
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