# Council approves a Farrington's Grove-area rezoning for an art studio and by-appointment tattoo parlor, over a neighbor's objection

## What happened
The council rezoned 715 Park Street from R2 to a Planned Development — a zoning category tied to a specific approved use — so owner Ed Trover can turn the house into an apartment, an art studio, and a by-appointment-only tattoo parlor that won't take walk-ins. [57:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=3439)

A neighbor who lives around the corner, Tim Hawkins, told the council he opposed the rezoning after learning, just minutes before his own turn to speak, that the zoning change would be permanently transferable to a future owner rather than reverting if the property is sold — different from what he said he'd been told the night before at the area planning commission. [1:05:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=3945)

The petitioner's attorney told the council that city code requires zoning changes to be transferable, so the attorney said the non-transferable promise Hawkins described could not have been written into the ordinance. [1:12:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=4351)

## The outcome
Special Ordinance 11-2026 passed on a voice vote. [1:24:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=5052)

## Sources
- [The planned apartment, art studio and appointment-only tattoo parlor, 57:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=3439)
- [Neighbor Tim Hawkins objects to the rezoning, 1:05:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=3945)
- [Attorney: city code requires the zoning change to be transferable, 1:12:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=4351)
- [Vote, 1:24:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=5052)

*Also known as: 715 Park Street rezoning · Special Ordinance 11-2026 · R2 Planned Development · Ed Trover tattoo studio · Farrington's Grove art studio*