rezone
verb
re·zone
(ˌ)rē-ˈzōn 
rezoned; rezoning
law
: to change the zoning of (an area) : to designate (a zone or zones of a city, town, or borough) for a new purpose or use through a change in the applicable zoning regulations
… is seeking to have land it purchased near the airport rezoned from residential use for commercial use …—
Michael Knight
Michael KnightHowever many at-home workers there are, their numbers are large enough to cause some communities to rezone neighborhoods so that certain kinds of work … can take place there …—Lynette Lamb
Lynette Lamb
rezoning
noun
plural rezonings
… opposition to the development arose because commercial rezoning of the property was necessary to the development.
—Jo Gwin Shelby
Jo Gwin Shelby
… Mr. Bloomberg effected the most extensive rezonings in city history …
—Julia Vitullo-Martin
Julia Vitullo-Martin
… a rezoning request to allow gravel mining on 480 acres of grazing land …
—Lawrence Shulruff
Lawrence Shulruff
Examples of rezone in a Sentence
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Fort Worth City Council members Tuesday morning voted unanimously to rezone seven acres of industrial land in the city’s southeast for homes, rallying to the side of neighborhood advocates despite potential legal challenges from the property’s owner.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
Tuesday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m.: The Community Affairs Committee will consider the preliminary PUD and rezoning for the project.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
But that never happened, and a couple of a years later the land was rezoned for retail.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
So Shafter rezoned a portion of land between Highway 99 and Interstate 5, along the BNSF rail line, and that became the industrial park.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Tract had asked Maricopa County to rezone 529 acres near Buckeye from rural and residential use to industrial to allow for the construction of a Northwest Campus data center.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Closing schools, demolition vs rehabilitation, rezoning residential neighborhoods to build large mixed use apartments (future projects) instead of Equitable single family and 2 or 3 unit housing.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
The proposal would probably require public hearings, because the property would need to be rezoned.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The Overland Park Planning Commission on Monday voted 7-1 to approve rezoning the southeast corner of 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue to make way for two, four-story apartment buildings with 300 units.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
Tuesday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m.: The Community Affairs Committee will consider the preliminary PUD and rezoning for the project.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
But that never happened, and a couple of a years later the land was rezoned for retail.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
So Shafter rezoned a portion of land between Highway 99 and Interstate 5, along the BNSF rail line, and that became the industrial park.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Tract had asked Maricopa County to rezone 529 acres near Buckeye from rural and residential use to industrial to allow for the construction of a Northwest Campus data center.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Closing schools, demolition vs rehabilitation, rezoning residential neighborhoods to build large mixed use apartments (future projects) instead of Equitable single family and 2 or 3 unit housing.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
The proposal would probably require public hearings, because the property would need to be rezoned.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The Overland Park Planning Commission on Monday voted 7-1 to approve rezoning the southeast corner of 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue to make way for two, four-story apartment buildings with 300 units.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
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“Rezone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rezone. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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