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rezone

American  
[ree-zohn, ree-zohn, ree-zohn] / riˈzoʊn, riˈzoʊn, ˈriˌzoʊn /

verb (used with object)

rezoned, rezoning
  1. to reclassify (a property, neighborhood, etc.) as belonging to a different zone or being subject to different zoning restrictions.


noun

  1. an act or instance of rezoning; reclassification.

    to apply for a rezone.

Etymology

Origin of rezone

First recorded in 1950–55; re- + zone


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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

County leaders are reviewing a dozen requests that would rezone portions of rural residential land in Mead Valley to create more space for industrial use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

And given the sluggish commercial real estate market, it’s not clear how much activity the rezone would spur, or how soon.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 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

Homeowners in Escambia County, Fla. — which includes Pensacola — were the biggest group rezoned into high-risk flood zones, followed by homeowners in Pender County, N.C., according to an analysis by Cotality.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Should some be rezoned to allow for more dense housing options?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

Phoenix also has now opened a a city parking lot that was recently rezoned to allow homeless people to pitch tents under safer, controlled circumstances.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

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 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

In September, the Saline Township board rejected Related’s rezoning request, citing concerns over water use, loss of agricultural land and the conflict of the data center with the area’s rural character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

“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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