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Bloomington council and residents push short-term restroom access and UDO changes to address street homelessness
Summary
At a Sept. 11 Bloomington Common Council session, members and community participants pressed for immediate restroom access solutions and discussed long-term zoning changes to allow single-room-occupancy housing and revise the UDO definition of "family." Council will compile notes and explore next steps with the mayor's office.
The Bloomington Common Council on Sept. 11 held a public deliberation focused on street homelessness, with members and residents discussing immediate restroom access and longer-term revisions to the Unified Development Ordinance to expand affordable housing options.
Council Member Daley outlined short-term options that emerged from an Aug. 14 consensus session, including adding portable toilets at parks, evaluating existing park and parking-garage restrooms (some seasonal), and possibly extending security hours. Daley said vandalism is the primary barrier to keeping restrooms open and added, "This is not something that the city council actually can do. We don't have the authority to to…
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