2026-10-06
This week in Indy entitlement — October 6, 2026
28 items on 2 hearing days through Friday, October 16, sorted below by what would get built. The headline: a tax incentive item at the Metropolitan Development Commission.
On the docket this week
Pick what you care about — the list narrows to match.
Housing 6
Homes, apartments, and townhomes — and the rezonings and plats that would create them.
- 2026-ZON-076 — 2507 Columbia Avenue
C-3 → D-8A property owner wants to rezone the 0.17-acre site at 2507 Columbia Avenue from general commercial (C-3) to low-rise apartment (D-8) zoning to build residential uses.
- 2026-UV1-002 — 5301 West 56th Street
The owner of 5301 West 56th Street is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow.
- 2026-ZON-066 — 931 South East Street
A filing at 931 South East Street proposes residential development.
- 2026-CZN-834 — 6509 Dean Road
D-S → D-1A property owner wants to rezone the 1.73-acre site at 6509 Dean Road from suburban residential (D-S) to large-lot single-family (D-1) zoning to build two, detached single-family dwellings.
- 2026-DV1-046 — 6145 North Ewing Street
The owner of 6145 North Ewing Street is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
- 2026-DV1-043 — 820 West 54th Street
The owner of 820 West 54th Street is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
Shops, offices & mixed-use 6
Retail, restaurants, offices, hotels, and mixed-use buildings.
- 2026-ZON-051 — 4150 North High School Road
C-4 → C-7A property owner wants to rezone the 1.9-acre site at 4150 North High School Road from community commercial (C-4) to high-intensity commercial (C-7) zoning to build used car sales and heavy vehicle repair.
- 2026-ZON-071 — 610 South Drover Street
A filing at 610 South Drover Street proposes commercial uses.
- 2026-ZON-043 — 7030 East 33rd Street
MU-1 → C-5A property owner wants to rezone the 1.19-acre site at 7030 East 33rd Street from mixed-use (MU-1) to heavy commercial (C-5) zoning.
- 2026-CZN-828 — 1170 Kentucky Avenue
A filing at 1170 Kentucky Avenue proposes commercial uses.
- 2026-UV1-027 — 2450 Lafayette Road
The owner of 2450 Lafayette Road is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow.
- 2026-UV1-022 — 3441 West Washington Street
The owner of 3441 West Washington Street is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow: operation of an Automobile.
Industrial & logistics 2
Warehouses, distribution, manufacturing, contractor yards, and outdoor storage.
- 2026-ZON-068 — 7440 Woodland Drive
A filing at 7440 Woodland Drive proposes light industrial uses.
- 2026-UV1-024 — 5699 East 71st Street
The owner of 5699 East 71st Street is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow.
Community & institutional 4
Churches, schools, child care, health care, parks, and public facilities.
- 2026-CZN-845 — 3949 South State Avenue
A filing at 3949 South State Avenue proposes school uses (K through 12).
- 2026-UV1-020 — 3503 North College Avenue
The owner of 3503 North College Avenue is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow.
- 2026-VAC-007 — 1543 West Ohio Street
2026-VAC-007 | 1525, 1540, and 1543 West Ohio Street; 211, 217 and 221 North Reisner Street; & 126 and 130 Koehne Street Center Township, Council District #18 Church, Westside Pentecostal Assembly Tru…
- 2026-DV3-011 — 3603 South Meridian Street
The owner of 3603 South Meridian Street is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
Tax incentives & city deals 2
Abatements, revitalization-area resolutions, and contracts the MDC is asked to approve.
- 2026-A-053
The city is considering a property-tax break (abatement) for a project at this site.
- 2023-A-044 — 044 At 820 South Post Road
The MDC would authorize the planning department to sign a contract.
Land splits & site tweaks 7
Plats and development-standards variances where the filing doesn't say what gets built.
- 2026-DV1-035 — 7485 Central Avenue
The owner of 7485 Central Avenue is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
- 2026-UV1-026 — 3434 Garden Avenue
The owner of 3434 Garden Avenue is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow: vehicle repair in a D-5 zone (not permitted).
- 2026-DV1-031 — 4850 West 78th Street
The owner of 4850 West 78th Street is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
- 2026-DV1-047 — 2502 N. Delaware Avenue
The owner of 2502 N. Delaware Avenue is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
- 2026-DV1-036 — 6317 Askin Drive
The owner of 6317 Askin Drive is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
- 2026-DV1-044 — 2674 Shirley Drive
The owner of 2674 Shirley Drive is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
- 2026-DV1-045 — 4634 West Naomi Street
The owner of 4634 West Naomi Street is asking to bend the site rules (things like setbacks, height, or parking) for a project there.
Everything else 1
Filings the parser couldn't sort — often worth a look.
- 2026-UV1-028 — 625 Foltz Street
The owner of 625 Foltz Street is asking permission for a use the current zoning doesn't allow: storage of construction materials (not permitted).
Nothing in that category this week.
If one of these is near you, here’s how to testify.
This week by the numbers: 28 items on upcoming agendas, 0 new filings since last Monday (variance / special exception (15), rezoning (8), multi-family (2), dmd contract (1), other (1)). Every mappable filing is on the Entitlement Tracker, compiled from public DMD agendas. See something we got wrong? Reply and tell us.
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