To reduce (thickness of housing or allowed development of construction) in a designated neighbor hood: suggested to downzone residential places near the shore.
verb-intransitive:
To reduce the permitted thickness of housing and/or amount of recommended new building in a designated neighbor hood: the city's complex want to downzone.
verb:
to improve an area or residential property to a less restrictive zoning
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Definition for "downzone"
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