# Area Plan Commission sends a contested Farrington's Grove-area tattoo-studio rezoning to City Council

## What happened
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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=1610), [29:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=1776))

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. ([38:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=2282))

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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=1197), [44:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=2687))

## The outcome
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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=3254))

## Sources
- [Ed Trover's request, 26:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=1610)
- ["Terre Haute Museum of Modern Art", 29:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=1776)
- [Staff and engineering's unfavorable, parking-based recommendation, 38:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=2282)
- [Neighbor's objection, 19:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=1197)
- [Commission member still "on the fence", 44:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=2687)
- [Vote to send a recommendation, 54:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=3254)

*Also known as: 715 Park Street · Special Ordinance 11-2026 · R2 Planned Development · Ed Trover tattoo studio · Terre Haute Museum of Modern Art · Farrington's Grove art studio*