A total of 490 acres around Tom Hession Drive was annexed by the City of Shelbyville at a special Common Council meeting Thursday at City Hall.

The voluntary annexation is “pulling land in to make it more easy for development in the future,” according to city planning director Adam Rude.

Tom Hession Drive connects 300 North (photo) to Fairland Road and provides access to Interstate 74.

A second annexation was approved for a property at 1258 E. McKay Road. The single parcel of land can now access city utilities, according to Rude.

In other business, a four-acre tract of land directly south of the Goodwill Store, 570 Saraina Road, was rezoned from business highway to two-family residential for a proposed project of duplexes.

The 12-building proposal from Paul Corya of Residential Development LLC would have 24 residential units.

The next step in its development is review by the Plan Commission.

Rude’s department also is reviewing land zoning in the city and county in an effort to “clean up” zoning issues before they occur.

The plan is to be able to “shop land with clear, consistent city zoning districts,” according to Rude.

The goal is to remove zonings that are partial city and partial county.

The next Plan Commission meeting is 7 p.m. June 28 at Breck Auditorium at Shelbyville High School. This is a change in venue for this meeting. 

On the agenda are both the rezoning for Residential Development LLC and zoning map amendment for approximately 1,500 acres.

Also on the docket are site development plan approval for industrial warehouses at 1689 N. Michigan Road as well as a planned unit development detail plan for Isabelle Farms, an Arbor Homes subdivision on 83 acres, and a planned unit development concept plan for an Arbor Homes subdivision dubbed “Riverview” that would be located directly north of Blue River Memorial Park on 40 acres.