downzonev.
/ˈdaʊnˌzəʊn/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌzoʊn/ Town Planning (originally and chiefly North American).
transitive. To reclassify (an area, property, etc.) to a lower and typically more restrictive zone, e.g. from commercial to residential, or from multiple- to single-family use; (also) to cause (an area, property, etc.) to be reclassified in this way. Also intransitive.
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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
zone1916
upzone1952
downzone1957
1957 Chester (Pa.) Times 25 June 2/7 A request to down-zone four acres of..14-acre tract from A to B-1 residential was held in abeyance by the supervisors pending a study of plans by the township planning commission.
1959 N.Y. Suppl. (N.Y. Supreme Court) 2nd Ser. 194 204 If installation of street were taken as determinative, the effect would be to permit a property owner to downzone a portion of his property by installing a private street.
1976 Proc. Inst. Planning, Zoning, & Eminent Domain (U.S. Southwestern Legal Foundation) 128 The city then downzoned to single-family residential.
1981 N.Y. Times 21 June ii. 29/1 Changes currently being proposed for midtown zoning..might downzone the block and further limit the developer's options.
2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 June 21/1 A 1982 reform down-zoned the East Side while authorizing higher densities for West Side projects that broke ground by 1988.
Derivatives
ˈdownzoned adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [adjective] > of land: designated for particular use
zoned1921
downzoned1961
1961 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 29 Dec. 6/2 The public interest constitutes the neighbors of the man who plans to build on the down-zoned lot and the township government.
1982 A. L. Arnold & J. Kusnet Arnold Encycl. Real Estate (ed. 2) 138/2 Under the police power of government action, no compensation is paid to the owner of downzoned private property.
2007 W. Rybczynski Last Harvest x. 93 His land is in the downzoned district, so now only lots of two acres will be allowed, not one acre, as before.
ˈdownzoning 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
zoning1912
rezoning1918
spot zoning1927
remap1930
downzoning1961
1961 Scottsdale (Arizona) Daily Progress 8 May 1/7 A precedent will be set that will discourage development of finer homes because of ‘down-zoning’ of adjacent areas.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Apr. 37/1 Other financial incentives..such as ‘down-zoning’ to reduce taxes on certain specific properties..will undoubtedly be employed in future projects when the need arises.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Sept. a15/5 Upzonings in natural corridors were often paired with downzonings in neighborhoods lacking public transportation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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