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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

Example Sentences

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He said he got a notice earlier this year that a company was looking to rezone an empty field across the street from his house.

From Barron's Oct. 18, 2025

Any attempt to rezone the land for one or a few wealthy buyers wanting big lots “would be a long and arduous process,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

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

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

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

She worries neighborhoods will start falling like dominoes as more rural residential land is rezoned for industrial use.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

Within 800 feet in any direction, lots would be rezoned to allow more density, opening up the possibility of building apartment buildings and condominiums between four and six stories high.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

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

Likewise, if people have rural land, getting it rezoned for residential purposes is very hard.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2023

David Modica gained viral attention for questioning a Massachusetts town’s plan to comply with a state housing law by rezoning a golf course.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 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

This spring, county commissioners voted to establish a 180-day moratorium to freeze rezoning for residential development.

From Slate Jun. 12, 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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