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City staff briefs BZA on South Shore/173rd Street station area plan amendment

Hammond City Board of Zoning Appeals · February 3, 2026
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Summary

City planning staff told the Hammond BZA they are working on a draft amendment to the comprehensive plan covering the South Shore/173rd Street station area and invited board members to public meetings; a resident raised a construction‑site concern about a porta‑potty during public comment.

Planning staff updated the Board of Zoning Appeals on an ongoing plan amendment for the area around the South Shore/173rd Street station. Staff described tentative boundaries (roughly 165th Street to the north, Calumet Avenue to the east, State Line and the river to the west/south) and said the scope includes traffic generation and land‑use questions…

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