rezone

verb

re·​zone (ˌ)rē-ˈzōn 

rezoned; rezoning

transitive verb

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

rezoning noun

plural rezonings

… opposition to the development arose because commercial rezoning of the property was necessary to the development.

—Jo Gwin Shelby

… Mr. Bloomberg effected the most extensive rezonings in city history …

—Julia Vitullo-Martin

… a rezoning request to allow gravel mining on 480 acres of grazing land …

—Lawrence Shulruff

Examples of rezone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since January, more than 400 acres have been rezoned to make way for the project — but developers aren’t done yet. —Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025

What’s next for Charlotte airport rezoning? —Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025

Neighbors in the small community of Bakerville off I-70 in Colorado's mountains are pushing back against a proposal to rezone a residential parcel. —Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025

Michael McKinney, village administrator, said in an email that there are no plans to rezone any property in Yorkville for a data center. —Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rezone

• boney
• boni
• bony
• coney
• crony
• monie
• mony
• phoney
• phony
• stoney
• stony
• toney

Kids Definition

rezone

verb

re·​zone

(ˈ)rē-ˈzōn

: to alter the zoning of

rezoned the neighborhood for business

Legal Definition

rezone

transitive verb

re·​zone

rē-ˈzōn

rezoned; rezoning

: to zone again or anew