Definition of Downzone

1. Verb. (US politics) To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Downzone

1. to reduce or limit the number of buildings permitted [v -ZONED, -ZONING, -ZONES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Downzone

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Literary usage of Downzone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Have the U. S. Supreme Court's 5th Amendment Takings Decisions Changed Land by Daniel Pollak (2001)
"They [planners] have to mentally do a property rights assessment any time they downzone or alter the ability of the landowner to develop. ..."

2. Natural & Artificial Sewage Treatment by Alfred Stowell Jones, Herman Alfred Roechling (1902)
"Passage The next zone traversed by the water in its downzone. zone. ward movement is the passage zone, which lies beyond the drying influence of atmospheric ..."

3. Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Local Sustainability After a ...by Charles E. Adie by Charles E. Adie (2003)
"... the most common approach to limiting the number of people and buildings in hazard-prone areas is to reduce the allowable density, or downzone an area, ..."

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