rezone

[ verb ree-zohn; noun ree-zohn, ree-zohn ]

verb (used with object)

, re·zoned, re·zon·ing.

1. to reclassify (a property, neighborhood, etc.) as belonging to a different zone or being subject to different zoning restrictions.

noun

1. an act or instance of rezoning; reclassification:

   to apply for a rezone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rezone¹

First recorded in 1950–55; re- + zone

Example Sentences

With a key vote coming on a bid to rezone Los Angeles to add 250,000 more homes, city officials released a long-awaited report on the history of exclusionary zoning.

From Los Angeles Times

With a key vote coming on a bid to rezone Los Angeles to add 250,000 more homes, city officials released a long-awaited report on the history of exclusionary zoning.

From Los Angeles Times

With a key vote coming on a bid to rezone Los Angeles to add 250,000 more homes, city officials released a long-awaited report on the history of exclusionary zoning.

From Los Angeles Times

In Baltimore, meanwhile, Question F gives voters the option to rezone the city’s Inner Harbor, removing deed restrictions on 4.5 acres of parkland and allowing the fading Harborplace mall to be redeveloped as a mixed-use area.

From Slate

County leaders are reviewing a dozen requests that would rezone portions of rural residential land in Mead Valley to create more space for industrial use.

From Los Angeles Times