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Neighbors prevail for now as council tables vacating Rees Avenue cul‑de‑sac

Evansville Common Council · March 9, 2026
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Summary

Council voted to table a petition to vacate a platted cul‑de‑sac at the end of Rees Avenue (G2026-06) after neighbors raised concerns about maintenance, floodplain constraints and R4 zoning; petitioner said his intent is a single‑family home and offered to work with neighbors.

The Evansville Common Council on March 9 voted to table consideration of ordinance G2026-06, a petition to vacate an unimproved, platted cul‑de‑sac (described with a common address of 3505 Rice Avenue) so the petitioner could place a driveway and build a single‑family home.

Brett Sturmerson of Morley, representing the petitioner Heitor Altarai, told the council the owner intends the parcel for a single‑family residence and has no present plans for apartments. Sturmerson read a statement from his client: “At this time, the property is intended solely as a single family residential home for me and my family. There are no plans to create…

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