Several blocks will be down-zoned to keep up with the existing neighborhood character.

She feared a silencing of those who gave the neighborhood character.

He is a neighborhood character who has made a living playing neighborhood characters.

The purpose of this is to maintain a neighborhood character or prevent improper use of the land.

Street patterns are one of the most important elements in establishing the neighborhood character of a residential community.

Since 2002, 42 rezonings "to preserve neighborhood character," as the administration puts it, have been approved or are under review.

By early September, he said, the police profile had narrowed to "a neighborhood character, a user type."

It sounds to me as though you're developing some kind of phobia about a harmless neighborhood character.

"We're trying to reinforce the great neighborhood character that already exists in Portland," he said.