Council hears wide-ranging concerns and staff briefing on "missing middle" housing study
City staff presented a study on "missing middle" housing and zoning changes; residents from multiple neighborhoods urged transparency and objected to changes in single-family areas. Council directed staff to continue study, with no formal vote on zoning changes.
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City staff presented a zoning-and-subdivision review aimed at assessing whether "missing middle" housing — duplexes, triplexes, courtyard homes and small townhouses — could be enabled more readily in parts of Bloomington. The Committee of the Whole heard roughly a dozen public commenters, followed by a staff presentation and prolonged council discussion; no ordinance or zoning text amendment was adopted.
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