How to Use nonresidential in a Sentence

nonresidential

adjective
  • There are some nonresidential units on the ground floor.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The eight nonresidential units will all be on the ground floor for commercial and service-type uses.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
  • For nonresidential uses, the city had planned to go from 25 percent of the maximum to 50 percent.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But nonresidential building in D-FW surged by almost a third over last year.
    Dallas News, 12 May 2022
  • Klitschko also said that fragments of a missile fell on a nonresidential area in the Holosiivskyi district on the right bank, and a fire briefly broke out in a building there.
    Time, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The racetrack was added Monday to the agency’s list of nonresidential settings with five or more confirmed cases of the illness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2020
  • Other nonresidential projects that haven’t lined up their debt and equity are on the bubble.
    Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The largest increase in April building starts was in nonresidential construction, which was up 39% from a year earlier.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 June 2021
  • The city’s mayor said missile fragments landed in a nonresidential part of the city, sparking a fire that caused no casualties.
    David L. Stern, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Tiburon allows them only in nonresidential areas and at certain times of day.
    Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The law doesn’t apply to nonresidential work studios like Nimby.
    Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • In contrast, reports on the strength of nonresidential construction were mixed.
    Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Malcom Ross, whose home is on South Road in Farmington in one of the town’s new floating zones, isn’t at all happy at the prospect of more nonresidential development in his neighborhood.
    Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 28 May 2018
  • Fine said nonresidential access to Foothills Park has been a longtime issue in Palo Alto.
    Vanessa Arredondo, SFChronicle.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Last month, the board of trustees decided to not increase the nonresidential fee in order to hopefully draw more out-of-state and international students to the college.
    Lila Seidman, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The outlook could be even worse for businesses, farms, schools and other nonresidential utility customers who want to go solar under the new rules.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Nationwide, construction starts dipped by 10%, with the biggest decline in nonresidential building, which fell 24% for the year.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2021
  • In contrast, investment in nonresidential structures was poised to decline in the third quarter.
    Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • All nonresidential outdoor lighting must be dimmed by 75% at night, and outdoor advertising signs must be cut off by 10 p.m.
    Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • As a result, Mr. Marshall said, the company was considering a nonresidential use for the site.
    William Neuman, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2016
  • The steep drop differs from February, when nonresidential construction in the metro region rose 9% to $113 million.
    Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Despite the hot residential market, job losses on the nonresidential side have surpassed the gains.
    Dallas News, 6 June 2021
  • Weak spending in August marked the fourth consecutive month of malaise in the U.S., dragged down by continued weakness in nonresidential building.
    chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Later on, occasional use was made of the nonresidential buildings, but lack of convenient goods and services was a drawback.
    Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties when the drones struck two nonresidential buildings in Moscow.
    Felipe Dana and Dasha Litvinova, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2023
  • So far this year, though, residential construction is down nearly 20%, less than half the decline for nonresidential projects.
    Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Many cities consider short-term rentals to be a nonresidential use and so either ban the practice or require licensing and collect hotel taxes.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The vehicles are allowed in nonresidential areas such as in front of businesses or churches.
    Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 1 July 2018
  • Require the state voter registration system to have a feature that flags nonresidential addresses such as a homeless shelter or business.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
  • There were fewer residential burglaries and larcenies and more nonresidential burglaries in the first half of 2023 than during the same period four years earlier, according to the report.
    Michelle Watson, CNN, 20 July 2023

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