Rezoning of a 140-year-old Terre Haute home is delayed to September after conflicting city and county meeting times
Who it touches
- 908 South 7th Street
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The council could not vote on rezoning the 140-year-old home at 908 South 7th Street from R2 to R1 because the area planning commission never took up the request.
Petitioner Margaret Herdlick said the yard sign at her house and the county's website both listed the area planning meeting at 6 p.m., but the meeting had actually moved to 5 p.m. the previous month, so her family arrived to find the building locked.
Councilperson Amanda Thompson confirmed the time change hadn't been updated on public notices and apologized to Herdlick and anyone else who showed up at the wrong time.
Sources
- Item read: no action taken, hearing again in September, 42:200:42:20 (42 minutes 20 seconds)
- Petitioner's account of the wrong meeting time, 43:540:43:54 (43 minutes 54 seconds)
- Family arrived to a locked building, 44:250:44:25 (44 minutes 25 seconds)
- Councilperson Thompson: meeting time changed last month, 47:350:47:35 (47 minutes 35 seconds)
- Councilperson Thompson's apology, 48:030:48:03 (48 minutes 3 seconds)
Outcome
No vote taken — no area planning recommendation; returns in September
No vote was possible without a recommendation from area planning. The clerk said this item will need to be heard again in September.
This summary was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor against the recording and documents linked above. Nothing publishes without a resolvable source.