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
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The township's planning commission voted in late September to recommend denying rezoning for the project, which still must go before the county planning commission and township board.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Going north of West Rocky River Road, a 405-unit apartment complex was rezoned on 28 acres that same year.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
Local officials in Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia have passed temporary moratoriums on new data centers; in Michigan, a developer recently sued a town for rejecting its request to rezone farmland for a data center.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Amid concerns about the county’s plan to build an international airport at the shuttered El Toro Marine base, voters approved Measure W (rezoning the property for a park) in 2002.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Going north of West Rocky River Road, a 405-unit apartment complex was rezoned on 28 acres that same year.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
Local officials in Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia have passed temporary moratoriums on new data centers; in Michigan, a developer recently sued a town for rejecting its request to rezone farmland for a data center.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Amid concerns about the county’s plan to build an international airport at the shuttered El Toro Marine base, voters approved Measure W (rezoning the property for a park) in 2002.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Rezone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rezone. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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