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Duplex in central neighborhood OK’d by Bloomington after revisions to design

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On Thursday, Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA) voted 3–1 to approve the conditional use application for a duplex on an empty lot northwest of Bryan Park in a central Bloomington neighborhood.

Dissenting was Barre Klapper. Voting for the duplex were: Tim Ballard, Flavia Burrell, and Jo Throckmorton.

Each half of the planned duplex has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The lot, which is on the south side of Wylie Street, is zoned R3 (residential small lot). That means a duplex is possible, but only as a conditional use, which means that it requires review and approval by the BZA. Continue reading “Duplex in central neighborhood OK’d by Bloomington after revisions to design” →

Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission

A rezone request from The Indiana Center for Recovery, to allow construction of some group homes in central Bloomington, has been withdrawn.

At the first hearing of the ICR petition in February, the planning staff recommendation had been to continue it to the required second hearing.

But the staff recommendation for Monday night’s second hearing had been to forward the rezone request to the city council with a negative recommendation.

Several minutes before the plan commission’s Monday meeting started, Bloomington development services manager Jackie Scanlan told those who had arrived at city hall to watch the ICR hearing that the petition had been withdrawn.

Scanlan confirmed to The B Square that ICR had communicated its withdrawal of the petition—it was not just a request for a continuation.

Scanlan said that if ICR wants to build the group homes near Walker and 1st Streets, then ICR will have to file a new petition, starting from scratch. Continue reading “Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission” →

Duplex east of IU gets conditional use OK from Bloomington BZA, first one after year of new zoning

In more than a year since Bloomington mayor John Hamilton signed revisions to the city’s unified development ordinance (UDO) into law, just one application to construct a duplex as a conditional use has been heard by the city’s board of zoning appeals (BZA).

The BZA’s approval of that application came at Thursday’s meeting on a unanimous vote by the five-member board.

Grant Properties owner Doug McCoy will now be able to demolish a 432-square-foot house on the lot a couple blocks east of the Indiana University campus, and build a one-and-a-half-story duplex there. The address of the property is 110 S. Roosevelt St. Continue reading “Duplex east of IU gets conditional use OK from Bloomington BZA, first one after year of new zoning” →