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Council adopts rezoning for 118–120 E. Virginia to allow small-scale commercial uses
Summary
The council adopted an amended ordinance to rezone 118 and 120 East Virginia Street from R-2 to C-2 with a narrowly written UDC limiting allowed commercial uses to furniture retail, lawn mower sales/repair and lawn-mowing service; APC recommended approval with eight affirmative votes.
The Evansville Common Council on Jan. 27 adopted an amendment to rezone property at 118 and 120 East Virginia Street from R-2 (residential) to C-2 (commercial) to allow a used furniture store and related low-intensity services.
Cassie Virgen of the Area Plan Commission told the council the property held a history of commercial use and had been granted legal nonconforming status decades ago; APC staff noted the city’s 2035 future land use map recommends residential uses but that the APC…
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