Rezoning of a 140-year-old Terre Haute home is delayed to September after conflicting city and county meeting times

What happened

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.

The outcome

No vote was possible without a recommendation from area planning. The clerk said this item will need to be heard again in September.

Sources

• Item read: no action taken, hearing again in September, 42:20
• Petitioner's account of the wrong meeting time, 43:54
• Family arrived to a locked building, 44:25
• Councilperson Thompson: meeting time changed last month, 47:35
• Councilperson Thompson's apology, 48:03

Also known as: 908 South 7th Street rezoning · Herdlick house · Special Ordinance 9-2026 · R2 to R1 rezoning · area planning meeting time change · wrong meeting time