"downzone" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From down + zone.",
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      "form": "downzoned",
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          "ref": "1988 May 6, Ben Joravsky, quoting Danny Davis, “Mystery zoning: What's going down in the Ninth Ward”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "\"In this case, I don't remember Shaw saying, 'I'm downzoning for this or that reason.' He would say, 'I'm changing the zoning because the community wants it changed.'\"",
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        "To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning"
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        "(US, politics) To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning"
      ],
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          "word": "down-zone"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "downzone"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From down + zone.",
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    {
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "downzoning",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "downzoned",
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    },
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      "form": "downzoned",
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        "(US, politics) To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning"
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