Evansville area plan commission recommends several rezonings, conditions one and continues another

The Area Plan Commission of Evansville and Vanderburgh County on Aug. 7 recommended approval of four rezoning petitions, continued one rezoning request to the next meeting for further outreach and UDC revision, and approved the commission’s 2026 application and meeting schedule.

Why it matters: The rezonings would legalize several multiunit residential properties and advance a proposed mixed-use redevelopment in the Jacobsville/Evansville Promise area. Commissioners attached or sought use-and-development commitments (UDCs) to limit future uses or unit counts; neighbors raised concerns about parking, drainage and enterprise-zone effects.

REZ-2025-026 (Benninghoff/Bellemeade) — legalize existing fourplex with UDC Beechtree Properties LLC, on behalf of Callahan Investment Group LLC, sought to rezone a property on the north side of Bellemeade Avenue (docket listed as REZ-2025-026) from R2 to R3 to legalize an existing four-unit building. Owner Hassan Takieden told the commission he purchased the property about a month earlier and said, “In order to finalize the financing, we just wanna get it into proper zoning so that we can start the renovation on the property.” Commissioners asked that the petitioner file a use-and-development commitment limiting the lot to four dwelling units; Takieden agreed. The commission voted 9–0 to recommend approval to city council with a UDC limiting the site to four units.

REZ-2025-028 (2230 West Maryland) — remove legal nonconforming status Dakota Willett requested rezoning of 2230 West Maryland Street from C4 to R2 to…