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Area Plan Commission backs rezoning of 3220 Agenhord Avenue for home-based yoga therapy practice
Summary
The Area Plan Commission on Sept. 4 recommended approval of a rezoning request for 3220 Agenhord Avenue from C-2 to R-2 to allow a residence with a one-on-one yoga therapy home occupation. The vote was unanimous, and the case will go to Evansville City Council on Sept. 22.
The Area Plan Commission of Evansville and Vanderburgh County on Sept. 4 recommended approval of a rezoning that would change 3220 Agenhord Avenue from C-2 commercial zoning to R-2 single-family residential zoning, allowing the owner to establish a residence with a home-occupation yoga therapy office.
The commission’s recommendation came after petitioner Candy Cooper described the property as a longtime family-owned building that formerly housed a market and later antiques storage. "It was my family's building and a grocery store through the years," Cooper told the commission, and she said she plans to buy the building from her father and operate private, one-on-one yoga therapy for clients with PTSD, grief and depression while living in the rear residence.
The staff report noted the property’s commercial zoning dated to a 2012 rezoning (a UDC attached to that rezoning limited commercial use to an antique store) and that the 2035 future land-use map recommends residential uses at the site. The application indicates the proposed yoga therapy would require a special-use approval (special use No. 32) by the Board of Zoning Appeals if the rezoning is approved.
Commissioners asked no substantive follow-up questions at the public hearing. A resident in attendance offered brief public support for the proposed use as a helpful service. With no remonstrators appearing, the commission voted to recommend approval. The roll call recorded Miss Freeman, Mister Gable, Mister Nicks, Mister Petke, Mister Shetler, Mister Walters and Miss Stevens voting yes (7–0). The matter will proceed with a recommendation for approval to the Evansville City Council, which is scheduled to hear city rezonings from this meeting on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
The recommendation does not, by itself, change the property’s official zoning; final action on city-zoned properties will be taken by City Council. The petitioner and interested neighbors may appear before the City Council on the scheduled date.
