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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
upzone .
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Examples
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I'd rather see cottages proliferate than the sweeping upzones that have paved the way for butt-ugly projects like the one illustrated above.
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Until then I will be driving the least polluting vehicle that serves my NEEDS, and not upzone your mass transit to pretty up your upzones.
Energy, Transportation, and Land Use Patterns « PubliCola 2010
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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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The council does plan to adopt two modest upzones around the Rainier Beach and Beacon Hill light rail stations, which have been the subject of formal complaints by neighborhood activists who say six-story buildings (as opposed to the four-story buildings currently allowed next to the stations) will destroy the character of their neighborhoods.
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Moderate upzones are likely part of that, but only part.
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After over a year of planning, the communities shared input in support of moderate upzones.
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Re: Item #2 about the Comp Plan, you wrote that the Council will "adopt modest upzones around the Rainier Beach and Beacon Hill light rail stations ..."
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The issue driving this question is do citizens want transit now or upzones now along corridors that provide density for rapid transit at some future date.
Crosscut 2009
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