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Board approves variances for Foreign Auto Connect lot after debate over landscaping and fencing

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

The Board approved four variances for a proposed vehicle-sales operation, accepting petitioners' alternative designs and findings after extended technical questioning, with board members emphasizing redevelopment and maintenance of a privacy fence as mitigation.

The Board of Zoning Appeals approved requested variances that will allow Foreign Auto Connect to operate vehicle sales on a previously vacant, 2.21-acre site off West Bloomfield Road, permitting encroachments into front-yard setback areas and relief from some landscaping requirements.

Jamie Kreindler, senior zoning planner, recommended approval of a front-yard setback variance along South Peachtree Lane but recommended denial of the variance requests…

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