to rezone
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6.0
- verb
- /riˈzoʊn/
- Formal
:
reclasificar
- Residents were upset when the local government decided to rezone the area for commercial use instead of preserving the park.
- rezone 54 acres
- rezone property
- rezone land
Examples
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Before building the new school, the district must rezone the property to accommodate educational facilities.
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If Statham does agree to rezone and annex the property, it should put a time limit of two years for Walton to begin building on the property, or the land would revert to its original zoning.
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He got them to rezone what was supposed to be a preserved forest.
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Davis' sole purpose was to come in, rezone, and redistrict the APS district, no more or less.
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To rezone land without a specific development project is just speculative rezoning and isn't good for the community.
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The Department of City Planning wants to rezone the area around Grand Central, including parts of Park and Madison Avenues, to allow for new office towers and to create pedestrian space, the WSJ reported.
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Popeyes plans to convert the structure, erect a new structure, and is applying to both rezone the building from NS (Neighborhood Shopping) District to C1 (Local Commercial) District and to add a drive-thru window.
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The developers were seeking approval to rezone a nearly 3-acre parcel on Crocus Lane between Blacksmith and Orchid roads from single-family housing to allow the condo complex.
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The city council voted to rezone the land to allow for new housing developments.
How Extensive
- Formal
1
6.0
8
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rezone comes from the prefix re-, meaning 'again', and the word zone, meaning an 'area' or part of a town. So to rezone is to officially change what that area is allowed to be used for, for example changing land from homes to shops.