Bloomington City Council — Transcript
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Public Hearing: Conditional Use Permit for Type 2 Home Business (Dance School)
Public Hearing: Conditional Use Permit for Cannabis Cultivation Facility
Study Item: Urban Forest Master Plan Update
Votes (4)
Close the public hearing for the home business conditional use permit.
Moved by Commissioner Cunningham · Seconded by Commissioner Lay
Approve a conditional use permit for a type two home business dance school at 8924 Mount Curve Road.
Moved by Commissioner Cunningham · Seconded by Commissioner Lay
Close the public hearing for the cannabis cultivation conditional use permit.
Moved by Commissioner Cunningham · Seconded by Commissioner Lay
Adopt a resolution approving the conditional use permit for a cannabis cultivation facility at 8200 Grand Avenue South.
Moved by Commissioner Len · Seconded by Commissioner Lay
Notable Quotes (18)
the planning commission may approve the typed home business activities and accessory buildings or garages if it finds that the proposed activities would not alter the residential character of the neighborhood if performed within the garage.
all the streets in this area, there's no public parking allowed on any of the streets in this neighborhood. So they will not be able to have any any visitors or students or anybody parking on any of the streets here.
I'm just curious. I didn't notice a restroom anywhere on the facility and I just wanted to make sure that that's is that a requirement of businesses at all.
the intent here is that the application is not making the site legally non-conforming for our parking requirement.
restroom usage would be in the house. Um and then uh parking space. Yes, we'd make it so that it would be possible to park a car inside the garage um where the dance floor could either be removed or folded up and and just put off to the side so we can make room for another car.
We support their petition.
what concerns me a little bit is that there's no parking on the public streets. That's going to take a lot of work for the applicant to make sure that her customers are parking in the driveway. And that's can be tough. And if there's not enough room and then there's a fire truck or whatever, like we've we've created a problem.
in the applicants application that got me around that issue is the fact that the students are all children and so the driver if there are cars there even for a few minutes that the drivers of the car will be with the car at all times.
city council approved ordinance 2024.2 2 which established the cannabis cultivation to be attributed to agriculture indoor which therefore precipitated that when this application came forth this would be required a conditional use permit.
odor mitigation has been addressed.
I'm just curious uh and apologies. I read this a couple of days ago, so if it was in there and I have forgotten, I'm just curious about whether there's any concerns or requirements with agricultural zoning around water usage and disposal.
our utility staff did not flag it as an issue in terms of capacity.
Is that the um I'm looking at the project narrative phase odor mitigation strategy. Is that what you're referring to? The like that's the plan or
odor is probably one of the most subjective or varies from person to person who's kind of consuming that odor is you'll get wide ranging opinions. If you have 10 people kind of in the same area, they might experience an odor very differently amongst the 10 of them.
I feel really hesitant about this application. Um, in many of the other times that we have talked about cannabis, I've been really in support Um, and I'm looking at the land use and zoning to the north, southeast, and west. Um, and we've got foundry, metal manufacturing, plastic manufacturing, and manufacturing landscaping. So, I feel like this application is pretty different because those houses are really close to that building.
I fully support this application because I trust both the state licensing body I think the OPM it's called and OCM sorry and the city of course and everything that city does.
I will just say that I think this is a little different than the other application that we saw in January and that it's closer to residential.
smell mitigation is always been a top priority and a concern for me being a grower. So again, just being here in the city and doing it legally doesn't mean for me it goes away. I wouldn't be here if odor mitigation wasn't a thing.
People (19)
Presented staff report for the home business conditional use permit.
Chaired the meeting and managed discussions and votes.
Asked questions about restroom facilities and residential proximity for cannabis cultivation.
Asked clarifying questions regarding garage space for parking and odor mitigation verification.
Provided additional context on parking requirements and odor mitigation systems.
Applicant for the home business conditional use permit (dance school).
Applicant for the home business conditional use permit (dance school).
Resident who testified in support of the home business permit.
Resident who testified in support of the home business permit.
Spoke in favor of home business and cannabis cultivation permits.
Spoke in favor of the home business permit, noting neighbor outreach.
Expressed concerns about parking and neighborhood character for the home business permit.
Presented staff report for the cannabis cultivation conditional use permit.
Asked about the applicant's company for the cannabis permit.
Expressed hesitation and concerns about odor mitigation and proximity to residences for the cannabis permit.
Applicant for the cannabis cultivation conditional use permit.
Asked if cannabis business is subject to state compliance.
Supported cannabis permit, referencing restaurants with apartments above.
Scheduled to present on the Urban Forest Master Plan Update.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (2)
- June 4th meeting of the Bloomington Planning Commission
- Meeting time: Evening
Ordinances & Resolutions (1)
Established cannabis cultivation to be attributed to agriculture indoor, requiring a conditional use permit.