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Council adopts rezoning for 3220 Bridal Hart Avenue to R-2
Summary
The Evansville Common Council unanimously approved Ordinance R-2025-24 to rezone 3220 Bridal Hart Avenue from C-2 back to R-2 after an Area Plan Commission recommendation for approval.
The Evansville Common Council on Sept. 22 adopted Ordinance R-2025-24 to rezone property commonly known as 3220 Bridal Hart Avenue from commercial (C-2) back to residential (R-2).
The rezoning, which the Area Plan Commission forwarded with a 7-affirmative-vote recommendation, was approved by the council by an 8-0 roll-call vote. The applicant told the commission the intent is to reestablish single-family use and to run a home-occupation yoga therapy office that would require a special-use permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Cassie Birgeman with the Area Plan Commission summarized the site history and recommendation. She told the council the property has a long history of commercial use and later residential use before it was rezoned to C-2 in 2012 with a use restriction. Birgeman said: "The requested down zone to R-2 to resume single family use would be consistent with the comprehensive plan." Sandy Cooper identified herself in the meeting as a resident attending for the 3220 Bridal Hart rezoning.
Council members heard no public opposition during the meeting and voted by roll call: Councilwoman Mosby — Aye; Councilman Hieronymus — Aye; Councilwoman Carruthers — Aye; Councilwoman Kayler Lindsey — Aye; Councilman Brinkmeyer — Aye; Councilwoman Allen — Aye; Councilman Johnson — Aye; Councilman Green — Aye. The ordinance was declared adopted.
Background in the hearing record notes assessor and Sanborn-map evidence that commercial activity at the address dates to the 1920s, including a grocery identified as Iglehart Food Market through about 1980. The 2012 rezoning included a UDC limitation at that time restricting commercial use to an antique store; the applicant now seeks residential status with the possibility of a home-occupation office.
The council did not take additional steps at the meeting beyond adopting the ordinance; a home-occupation or other special-use approvals would be handled separately by the Board of Zoning Appeals if applied for.
