The City of Bloomington is holding additional public meetings to get input about the Unified Development Ordinance.
The plan commission has amended the zoning document a number of times since the latest draft was first published in August. The additional public input meetings will give people a chance to comment on the new changes.
Much of the debate has focused on increasing density in the city’s older core neighborhoods like Prospect Hill and Bryan Park. Commissioners have heard arguments for and against measures that are part of a strategy to lower housing prices in the city.
A number of amendments have come out of the four meetings the commission has already held, including changes meant to discourage demolition of homes to make way for multi-plex units. The commission will also look at amendments to rules regulating accessory dwelling units, also called granny flats, and changes to language restricting livestock inside city limits.
Meetings are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on September 16 and 23 in the council chambers and on September 17 at the utility service center.
The commission will take input, discuss the document and advise city council before that body eventually votes on the zoning document. Meetings could be added if the commission needs time to consider the more than a dozen amendments to the UDO.
