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Chatard High School seeks tennis courts on Evanston Avenue; neighbors secured no-lights and no-pickleball striping commitment
Summary
Representatives for Chatard High School told the Metropolitan Development Commission they plan six tennis courts on four properties acquired west of campus, and submitted a written commitment that the courts will not be lighted and will not be striped for pickleball.
Representatives for Chatard High School presented a zoning petition to the Metropolitan Development Commission seeking the reuse of four homes on Evanston Avenue immediately west of the campus for athletic facilities, including six tennis courts.
Brian Tuohy, who identified his address to the commission, said Chatard acquired the four houses over several years and closed on the final property this spring. Tuohy told commissioners the school’s campus has athletic fields on the east side and that the tennis courts would be on the west side. He said the school met with neighbors in a neighborhood meeting attended by about 20 people, and the neighbors “were overwhelmingly” supportive of the plan provided the school agreed to limits on lighting and pickleball striping. Tuohy said the school submitted a written commitment that “the tennis court shall not be lighted” and that the courts would not be striped for pickleball.
Tuohy said the school will reserve an easement on Evanston Avenue about 13–15 feet wide for student access and for city and utility vehicles to access street utilities. Commissioners did not have substantive objections; a commissioner praised the development and noted the no-lights commitment.
The petition (2025 CZN 829) was read as part of a batch of petitions of no appeal. The commission subsequently voted to approve the package of petitions; the roll call recorded a recusal by Commissioner Murphy specifically on item 23 (2025 CZN 829). The en masse approval of petitions passed with the recorded recusal.
Why it matters: the proposal converts residential properties immediately adjacent to school athletic facilities to on-site athletic courts. Neighbors secured explicit written commitments limiting lighting and pickleball configuration, conditions recorded in the zoning submittal and noted by the commission.
Next steps: the petition was approved as a petition of no appeal; the school may proceed under the commitments recorded with the zoning case and any necessary building or permitting steps.
