Definition of rezone
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
- However 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
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rezoning
noun, plural rezonings-
- … opposition to the development arose because commercial rezoning of the property was necessary to the development.
- —Jo Gwin Shelby
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- … Mr. Bloomberg effected the most extensive rezonings in city history …
- —Julia Vitullo-Martin
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- … a rezoning request to allow gravel mining on 480 acres of grazing land …
- —Lawrence Shulruff
