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

Official plans have not been submitted as the property has yet to be rezoned from Residential Office to Neighborhood Mixed-Use 1 and 2 with the senior housing bonus in the two-block area bordered by South Freedom Lane, Revolution Street, South Lodge Lane, and Alliance Street. —Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024

In addition to having the subdivision plans before it, the City Council also has a request for rezoning the property R-4 residential zoning. —Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024

As of July 17, the city hadn’t received an application to have the land rezoned, a spokesperson for the city’s development services department said in an email to the Star-Telegram. —Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2024

This filing comes as the Planning and Zoning Commission is poised to deny the developer’s previous request that the property be rezoned as a PDD to allow for added density. —Brian Gioiele, Connecticut Post, 21 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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