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Hammond council corrects rezoning error and approves Hewitt Road subdivision
Summary
The Hammond City Council adopted a housekeeping correction to Ordinance 26-5790 removing three South Oak Street addresses and approved Robert Penn's major subdivision on Hewitt Road after the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended adoption 4-0; council recorded unanimous affirmative votes on both measures.
The Hammond City Council voted unanimously March 24 to adopt an ordinance correcting Ordinance 26-5790 and to approve a major subdivision by Robert Penn on Hewitt Road in District 3.
City staff described the rezoning change as a clerical correction, removing 803, 807 and 809 South Oak Street from a prior ordinance after the addresses were inadvertently included. "This is really a housekeeping error ... we're just correcting that error by removing them from that ordinance," Charles said during the public hearing. The council moved and seconded the measure and approved it by roll call vote.
On the Hewitt Road subdivision, Penn told the council he and family members own the parcel at the corner of Hewitt and JW Davis Drive and want to subdivide it into about 20 lots for single-family houses to be sold, with the subdivision entrance on JW Davis. He said all engineer concerns raised at the introduction had been addressed and that the city engineer had raised no objections. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended adoption 4–0.
Residents who spoke raised traffic and safety concerns. Donald Carter, a Hewitt Road resident, asked the council to request a traffic study from the city, pointing to existing traffic in the neighborhood and potential safety impacts from added trips. Council staff and members cited the Unified Development Code threshold (more than 100 peak-hour trips) and noted 20 houses would likely not trigger a required developer study; staff also said the city could commission a separate study at council direction if members wished to have additional data.
Final roll-call votes were recorded in favor of both measures. The council approved the ordinance correction and the Hewitt Road subdivision, with each vote entered by roll call and recorded as unanimous approval.
