rezonev.
/ˌriːˈzəʊn/, U.S. /riˈzoʊn/ Originally U.S. (chiefly Town Planning).
transitive. To assign (land, property, etc.) to a new zone. Also in extended use. See zone n. 2c, zone v. 4.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > plan or develop > divide into specific areas > assign (land) to new area
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > removing from dwelling > remove from dwelling place [verb (transitive)] > assign to new zone
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1917 Mason City (Iowa) Weekly Globe-Gaz. 30 Apr. 5/3 By re-zoning the state and charging rates based upon the distance from the same eastern point the rates will be more equalized.
1940 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Feb. 24/1 Mr. Pagon, in proposing that the entire area be rezoned from a row-house status, pointed out that [etc.].
1951 Southern Reporter 2nd Ser. 53 720 Chapter 17833..does not empower the Board of Adjustment to zone or rezone land located within Dade County but outside the boundaries of its municipalities.
1961 Guardian 16 Jan. 6/3 On the opening of a new school our 8-year-old son was re-zoned to the new school.
1974 Union (S. Carolina) Daily Times 24 Apr. 1/3 The city council denied the request to rezone B-1 business districts to include the operation of retail liquor stores.
1998 New Yorker 9 Feb. 35/3 Her sense of what her ‘zone of privacy’ was changed. As she said in her Whitewater press conference, she ‘rezoned’ herself.
2003 Wired June 145/1 The streets were cannily rezoned, with physical space neatly containing and curtailing speech and action.
Derivatives
reˈzoned adj.
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1932 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 21 Feb. 4T/5 467 Chetwood St. In the new rezoned district. Lot 102x183.
1964 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 23/7 (heading) Rezoned acres for houses.
2007 Patriot News (Harrisburg, Pa.) (Nexis) 3 Sept. b7 The final phase involves construction of a second building on the rezoned land.
reˈzoning n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town-planning or development > dividing into or assigning to specific areas
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rezoning1918
spot zoning1927
remap1930
downzoning1961
1918 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 3 Aug. 2/4 A rezoning has been decided on, which will permit Iowa coal to go to all parts of the state.
1951 Southern Reporter 2nd Ser. 53 720 The action of the Board of Adjustment,..‘was, in legal effect, the rezoning of said land by said Adjustment Board and is wholly void for want of jurisdiction in said Adjustment Board so to do.’
1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance iii. 39 It had been a realtors' meeting: something to do with..a re-zoning matter.
1976 Time 27 Sept. 55/2 In 1970 a rezoning brought black and white kids together in some school districts.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Sept. a15/5 Bloomberg officials persuaded the City Council to approve an unprecedented 65 rezonings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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