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Council accepts missing-middle study for further study, directs staff to pursue targeted overlay districts
Summary
Council voted to acknowledge receipt of the Opticos "missing middle" housing study and directed staff to perform further, targeted work — focusing on 'regeneration' and 'preservation' areas and proposing overlay districts for limited, walkable places rather than citywide code changes.
The Bloomington City Council on Sept. 8 voted to acknowledge receipt of a consultant study on "missing middle" housing by Opticos Design and to direct staff to pursue a targeted implementation path rather than adopt broad, citywide code changes.
Deputy City Manager Tice and planning staff told the council they did not intend the consultant's report to be a turnkey zoning package. Instead staff asked council to accept the document as a study and to authorize staff to study specific areas identified in the city's comprehensive plan (so-called regeneration and preservation areas).…
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