# Area Plan Commission recommends approval of the 908 South 7th Street rezoning, a month after a meeting-time mix-up shut the family out

## What happened
Property owners Timothy Hawkins and Margaret Herdlick asked the commission to rezone their 140-year-old home at 908 South 7th Street from R2 (allows one- or two-family use) to R1 (single-family only), telling the commission the house has never been anything but a single-family residence. ([6:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=402))

Approval still requires the homeowners to get separate setback variances from the Board of Zoning Appeals — one for the home's north wall, another for the garage — because the tighter R1 rules don't match how the house already sits on its lot. ([6:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=360))

This is the second time the rezoning has come before a public body: in August, Terre Haute City Council couldn't vote at all because the commission had never issued a recommendation, after a mix-up over the commission's own meeting time locked the family out of its hearing. ([Aug. 6, 42:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU0mUavKsgY&t=2540))

## The outcome
The commission recommended the rezoning to Terre Haute City Council on a voice vote; the council still has to take a final vote. ([7:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=435))

## Sources
- [Owners describe the house, 6:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=402)
- [Variances still required from the BZA, 6:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=360)
- [Aug. 6 council couldn't vote — no APC recommendation yet, 42:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU0mUavKsgY&t=2540)
- [Recommendation vote, 7:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWhJle6oNE&t=435)

*Also known as: 908 South 7th Street · Special Ordinance 9-2026 · R2 to R1 rezoning · Herdlick rezoning · Farrington's Grove downzoning*