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Bloomington council directs narrower airport-parking rules, delays final decision on long‑standing lots
Summary
After a yearlong study, the council directed staff to draft separate rules for hotel and new-structure airport parking, require conditional use review for proposed new lots in existing structures, and permit a time‑limited interim path for two long‑running surface parking operators while further work continues.
Bloomington’s City Council on Monday directed staff to return with an ordinance that separates hotel airport parking, new remote parking in existing structures, and the two large longstanding surface operators — rather than immediately imposing a broad permanent prohibition or making the lots permitted by right. The action follows a year of study and public testimony about airport-related parking near the Mall of America and Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, and a months‑long moratorium set to expire in October. The council’s direction asks staff to: make hotel airport parking a permitted accessory use where it already occurs; allow new remote airport parking in existing structures and other proposed facilities only after a conditional‑use review; and provide a pathway for the two long‑standing remote surface operators in the HXR…
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