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, 29:36)

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)

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, 44:47)

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)

Sources

• Ed Trover's request, 26:50
• "Terre Haute Museum of Modern Art", 29:36
• Staff and engineering's unfavorable, parking-based recommendation, 38:02
• Neighbor's objection, 19:57
• Commission member still "on the fence", 44:47
• Vote to send a recommendation, 54:14

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