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Commission approves Jacob Square residential TIF plan and forwards order to council
Summary
The commission found the Jacob Square residential housing development program in conformity with the comprehensive plan and forwarded the planning commission's written order and proposed council resolution to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation (9-0). Staff highlighted statutory changes enabling residential TIF and a lot-by-lot buildability analysis.
The Hammond Planning Commission voted to adopt staff recommendations on CP26-02, the Jacob Square residential housing development program, and to forward the plan commission's written order and a proposed council resolution to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation.
City planning staff explained Jacob Square’s boundaries and said a recent statutory change allows creation of a TIF allocation area for residential properties. Staff reported an inventory of redevelopment commission- or city-owned vacant lots, an assessment of which lots meet minimum lot-size standards, and options to sell or reconfigure parcels to make them buildable. Staff said minimum R-1U lot size is 40 by 120 feet (4,800 square feet) and that variances for some historically narrower platted lots (for example, lots as narrow as 37 feet) are handled case-by-case by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Commissioners asked for clarification on lot sizes and the variance process; staff said the planning commission has not changed the minimum lot-size standard and that the border zoning appeals process would handle variances. Following discussion, the commission adopted staff findings and forwarded the matter to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation by roll call (9-0).
