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BZA approves CMU wall extension at Dunkirk Square but denies request to use wood as primary facade material
Summary
Board approved a variance allowing a concrete block extension on the west wall of 430 E. Kirkwood (Upstairs Pub) but denied a separate request to allow wood as a primary façade material on the north elevation, citing UDO standards and the inability to make required legal findings.
The Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals on Thursday split its decision on a two-part variance at 430 East Kirkwood (Dunkirk Square): the board approved a variance to permit extension of an existing concrete block (CMU) fire-rated wall on the building’s west side but denied a separate request to allow wood siding as a primary exterior material on the north (Kirkwood-facing) elevation.
Katie Gandhi, a zoning planner, told the board that the downtown character overlay and MDUV district prohibit wood and CMU as primary facade materials above the first floor; wood may be used only as a secondary material up to 20% of an elevation. Staff recommended denial of both…
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