rezone
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of rezone
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If an owner wants to build something other than a park, they would need to rezone the land, a process that can be costly and time-consuming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
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
The incentive to redevelop Kearny’s property was enhanced by its location in an industrial district, which spared the company from having to go through time-consuming and challenging process of getting it rezoned for industrial use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
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
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“We have withdrawn the rezoning application for the proposed data center development in Franklin Township,” Google said in a statement.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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