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Board grants appeal over decorative stone but denies variances for 1205 S. Rogers
Summary
The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals granted an administrative appeal finding the ground cover at 1205 S. Rogers qualifies as decorative stone, but denied three variances tied to impervious surface, landscape area and ground-cover placement, and ordered the owner to work with staff to bring the site into compliance.
The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals on March 26 granted an administrative appeal from a notice of violation at 1205 South Rogers Street but denied three related variances that would have let the property exceed zoning limits on impervious surface and landscape area. The board voted to grant the appeal and later voted to deny variances by unanimous roll calls.
Staff told the board the department has applied a consistent interpretation of “decorative stone” in Bloomington zoning reviews — typically a washed aggregate in the 1½–2 inch range — and that the notice of violation was issued after a complaint in October 2025. Planning staff said the site’s new rock…
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