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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
upzone .
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Examples
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Edgewater, an older neighborhood of single family homes, began to decline in the '70s and was dramatically "upzoned" to allow high-rises.
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Edgewater, an older neighborhood of single family homes, began to decline in the '70s and was dramatically "upzoned" to allow high-rises.
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The Beacon Hill, Mount Baker, and Othello Station areas are getting upzoned (there are appeals but they represent a very small minority of residents) and I believe there are plans for upzones of the other Rainier Valley station areas as well.
Brewster’s Half-Baked Argument Against Light Rail « PubliCola 2010
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In Germany, developers have to sell the agriculture land to the local government at the ag land price, then re-purchase it at the upzoned price.
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As a fan of old houses, I hate it when old neighborhoods get upzoned and the taxes replace homeowners with dental offices.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why Does Everything Seem To Need A Freaking Subsidy 2009
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Houston, Delancey, and Chrystie streets and Avenue D would be upzoned (with an inclusionary housing bonus) to allow for denser development, but the height cap would be cut to 120 feet.
East Village Downzoning Moves Forward; Chinatown Activists Keep Up the Protesting 2008
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Mitch, Westchester is one of the areas that should be upzoned significantly.
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While the developer may indeed strongly desire and have a financial incentive to do 30 percent, there is nothing written in stone requiring that anyone that builds on the now-upzoned site (which is far more valuable than it was yesterday given the added density/change in use) actually set aside 30 percent of the apartments for low - and moderate income families.
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While the developer may indeed strongly desire and have a financial incentive to do 30 percent, there is nothing written in stone requiring that anyone that builds on the now-upzoned site (which is far more valuable than it was yesterday given the added density/change in use) actually set aside 30 percent of the apartments for low - and moderate-income families.
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When questioned, desperately try to convince the public that the upzoned areas that you are putting before them are really being downzoned.
Queens Crap 2010
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