Tag Archives: Unified Development Ordinance

You’re listening to Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. Last month we looked into problems caused by the Housing Crisis, this month we will share possible solutions. One solution to the housing crisis in Bloomington is to diversify the housing supply. In …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 20th, 2021. Later in the program, we turn to WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty, for an interview with Dave Askins, the founder and writer for the B Square Beacon. Askins spoke about the Bloomington Plan Commission vote last month to recommend that the City Council adopt the new zoning changes in the …

Bloomington’s City Council is meeting today and tomorrow to decide on the proposed revision of the city’s Unified Development Ordinance.   33 amendments are up for discussion.  Among the topics up for debate are parking requirements for the different residential units. Residential density is another topic on the agenda. Various amendments would make suggestions as to where the city can afford …

In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s central and influential essay “Self-Reliance” (a document that might be said to lie at the heart of liberalism the United States of American) he writes: “do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?” No, perhaps they are not specifically …

The Bloomington Plan Commission met on Monday for the first of two meetings this week, to review amendments to the proposed Unified Development Ordinance. Under one amendment partial demolitions will not need to be approved for homes that have a historical designation of quote…”contributing.” The designation means they contribute to the historical character of a neighborhood or district. Olivia Dorfman …

The Bloomington Planning Commission met for a public hearing on the new Bloomington Unified Development Ordinance, or UDO. The new UDO has new requirements for structures being built within the city limits, as well as what can be built and where. In regards to non-university housing aimed at students, the buildings are subject to lower height limits, and ways to …

City of Bloomington consultants Clarion Associates presented ongoing updates to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance at the Monroe County Public Library, on November 27. The UDO is a guiding document, necessary for the city to re-tool its Comprehensive Master Plan, which guides development across the city. Residents can submit comments on the city of Bloomington’s Planning and Transportation Department website …

Bloomington City Council members are working to limit the heights of new, downtown development. In their ongoing revision of the city’s comprehensive plan, council members voted unanimously to remove language that would increase building heights to achieve maximum residential density. In last night’s meeting, Council member Isabel Piedmont-Smith authored the amendment to strike the language from the plan. She says …

The Bloomington Plan Commission voiced its support last night for temporary changes to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance that would limit downtown development. Proposed amendments would change parameters for what’s termed as by-right developments. By-right projects are those that adhere to current zoning code and therefore don’t require Plan Commission review. According to Commission meeting documents, the proposed changes are …