verb
- past tense and past participle of rezone; to change the zoning classification of an area of land
Usage: urban planning
Examples
- The city council rezoned the industrial area for residential development.
- After the property was rezoned, they could build apartments instead of warehouses.
- The farmland was rezoned to allow commercial construction.
- Residents opposed having their neighborhood rezoned for heavy industry.
- The developer waited two years before the land was finally rezoned.
- Once rezoned from agricultural to residential, the property value increased significantly.