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Board grants variance to allow rear-yard addition after petitioner argues accessibility and nonconforming-deck constraints

City of Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals · November 21, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a variance allowing a homeowner to enclose and slightly extend a lawful nonconforming rear deck to create first-floor accessible living space, adopting petitioner-provided findings for the 'practical difficulty' criterion and conditioning approval on the plans as submitted.

The Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to allow a homeowner at 2616 South Pages Way to construct an enclosed addition in a location that would otherwise violate the minimum 25-foot rear-yard setback.

Staff recommended denial, concluding the property did not present the peculiar physical conditions that ordinarily constitute a 'practical difficulty' under the UDO;…

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