Definition of "rezone" [rezone]

• To change the zoning classification of (a neighborhood or property, for example). (verb-transitive)

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• "Application to rezone 14.55 acres from C-3 (commercial) to PDC (planned development commercial) to permit construction of a healthplex/medical office mixed-use development consisting of two buildings and a central parking structure, at Lorton Road and Sanger Street, west of Interstate 95."
• "Final approval to rezone 32.7 acres from single-family homes to a mix of 114 units of single-family and townhouses on Bowie Mill Road, opposite Brightwood Road, Olney."
• "WPPI Springfield HS, Merrillville, Ind. Application to rezone 1.63 acres from C-6 (commercial) to PDC (planned development commercial) to permit development of a hotel at 7910 Old Keene Mill Rd."