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.

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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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Example Sentences

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rezone rezoned rezoning

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

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

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

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

You might enter an old apartment building that’s been rezoned for offices with no waiting room to speak of.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

The proposal would probably require public hearings, because the property would need to be rezoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024

Hanning had 50.8% and 10,136 votes in the district, which includes Ballard, Fremont and the newly rezoned Magnolia.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 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 rezoning could open the way for Equinix to develop the land near the international airport but managing director Sandile Dube told AFP the company had no immediate plans to do so.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

Developers often do what they can to speed up the process, so that they realize a profit faster, and minimize their losses during the rezoning process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

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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