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Council introduces zoning and street-vacation ordinances; council also heard neighborhood announcements and public comment

Hammond Common Council · October 28, 2025
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Council introduced a zoning reclassification for a 21-acre development and a street vacation to enable college expansion, and heard community announcements including crime-watch meetings, a free Ring doorbell program, tree plantings and public comments about a cleaned former Walmart lot and scholarship outreach.

At its Oct. 27 meeting, the Hammond Common Council introduced two land-use ordinances and referred them to committee for further consideration. Councilman Kowinski moved to advance Ordinance 25-30, a zoning reclassification for properties commonly identified in the record as 3518 Sheffield Avenue and a related parcel, describing a proposed 21-acre development with approximately seven acres of wetlands that will remain undisturbed. The developers plans discussed…

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