Area Plan Commission sends a contested Farrington's Grove-area tattoo-studio rezoning to City Council
How we attribute this: speaker_191 -> Mallory Trover, graded `probable` in this meeting's speaker roster. Introduced by Ed Trover moments earlier ("This is my wife, Mallory, also lives there" [t=1610]); this label continues the couple's first-person- plural account of the planned "Terre Haute Museum of Modern Art" concept [t=1715-1954]. No vote, accusation, or characterization of a third party is attributed to her name here, consistent with the probable-grade limit.
Who it touches
- 715 Park Street
- Farrington's Grove area
Tracked in the archive
Owner Ed Trover asked the commission to rezone 715 Park Street from R2 (two-family residence) to a Planned Development — a zoning category allowed only for one specific, approved use — for an apartment, an art studio, and a by-appointment-only tattoo studio; he and his wife, Mallory Trover, described the venture as the Terre Haute Museum of Modern Art. (26:50, 0:29:36 — open the recording, cued to 29 minutes 36 seconds
The city's Department of Engineering recommended against the rezoning, saying the property has zero legal on-site parking spaces today and could need up to 15 once the apartment, workshops, and studio traffic are added. 0:38:02 — open the recording, cued to 38 minutes 2 seconds
A nearby resident — the same family that had asked the commission minutes earlier to downzone their own home on the block to single-family only — objected that approving a business use here sends the opposite message, and a commission member said they came in undecided and stayed that way. (19:57, 0:44:47 — open the recording, cued to 44 minutes 47 seconds
More from the record
- Ed Trover's request, 26:500:26:50 (26 minutes 50 seconds)
- Neighbor's objection, 19:570:19:57 (19 minutes 57 seconds)
- Vote to send a recommendation, 54:140:54:14 (54 minutes 14 seconds)
Outcome
Sent to Terre Haute City Council with a recommendation on a voice vote; the record of the motion does not specify favorable or unfavorable, and council still has to vote
The commission voted by voice to send Special Ordinance 11-2026 to Terre Haute City Council with a recommendation; the motion as recorded didn't specify favorable or unfavorable, over engineering's unfavorable recommendation. Council still has to vote. (54:14)
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