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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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2024

When the middle housing law is implemented, residentially zoned areas will not get rezoned but rather will have new rules that allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes to be built, Strauss said.

From Seattle Times May 23, 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

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

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 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

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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