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no-build en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Where new buildings are not allowed to be built.
    • Jefferson County has adopted the mapped hazard area as part of its geologic-hazards overlay, and has considered it to be a “no-build” area. 2002, D. M. Abbott Jr., D. C. Noe, “The consequences of living with geology: A model field trip for the general public”, in Science at the Highest Level, page 9:
    • [...] from development (i.e., to say this area is a “no-build area”) a parcel of land already zoned developable. 1998, Conservation Biology and Urban Sustainability, page 101:
    • a no-build area, a no-build zone
    • There are 80-year-old trees and 90-year-old buildings standing in what has suddenly been designated a no-build area. 1979, Wyoming State Land Use Plan, page 106:

Translations (2)

fr inconstructible (where new buildings are not allowed to be built) · fr imbâtissable (where new buildings are not allowed to be built)