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The City of Bloomington's Code of Ordinances contains local laws which, along with state and federal laws and regulations, shape our city and its services to keep residents safe, maintain property values, and govern private activities within the city's boundaries in a manner that balances the protection of individual rights with the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare.

 

Recent changes

The process of reviewing and incorporated changes to the City Code is called "codification." Because this process must be undertaken for each change, recent changes to the code are not immediately incorporated. Codification may take several weeks.

After Council-approved changes are incorporated into the official code document at the City Clerk's office, the online representation of the Code is updated. Because of this time lag, the City Clerk's Office provides a list of recently approved, but not yet codified, changes below.

City staff will make every effort to post such changes below within three business days of Council action. You may contact the City Clerk's Office with any questions.

New versions of the City Code will be posted as the code is updated. Use the City's E-Subscribe service to receive notifications when updates are made.

Ordinances awaiting codification

Ordinance 2024-5

Publication date: March 28, 2024

An ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the City Code, relating to clarifications and modifications to the Opportunity Housing Ordinance, including amending definitions used in the ordinance, clarification as to the eligibility for assignment of fee in lieu payments, clarification that interest earned by payment in lieu funds is assigned to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and modification of several development incentive requirements.

Staff contact
Kenny Niemeyer
Port Authority
952-563-4981
kniemeyer@BloomingtonMN.gov

Ordinance 2024-4

Publication date: March 7, 2024

The ordinance establishes new regulations and processes for signage by providing a new organizational structure, modifying definitions used for signage regulations, revising sign variance provisions, modifying the number of sign districts, modifying regulations for sign types, establishing new temporary sign standards, and modifying Appendix A Fee Schedule to align with new sign standards.

Staff contact
Nick Johnson
Planning
952-563-8925
nmjohnson@BloomingtonMN.gov

Ordinance 2024-2

Publication date: February 22, 2024

The ordinance clarifies that floor area expansions that occurred on or after January 24, 2008 are measured cumulatively in relation to compliance triggers for nonconforming site characteristics.

Staff contact
Nick Johnson
Planning
952-563-8925
nmjohnson@BloomingtonMN.gov