Terre Haute council delays decision on rezoning request at 1103 S. Center St. after neighborhood protests

The Terre Haute City Council on Thursday heard extended public opposition to Special Ordinance 11 20 25, a petition to rezone 1103 South Center Street from R-1 (single-family) to R-2 (two-family). Petitioner attorney David Frederick described the property and said Highland Property Group bought a condemned duplex last year and is seeking rezoning and a parking variance.

Neighbors and preservation advocates said the work on the house is already done, has damaged the block’s historic character and left debris, and that approving the rezoning now would set an undesirable precedent. Carrie Youssef, president of Farrington Grove Historical District, Inc., said the petition’s claim that the owner “will be unable to renovate the property until it’s properly zoned” is false and submitted photographs she said show renovations already completed. Chris Wolf, a local contractor and landlord, and Britney…