Bloomington says no to commercial urban agriculture use in residential areas
“The main substantive change here is related to outdoor educational activities.”
By Dave Askins
B Square
09 Nov 2025
Excerpt:
At the Bloomington city council’s vote last Wednesday, a proposed ordinance to create a new land use, “urban agriculture, commercial,” was rejected with just one vote of support.
An amended version, which among other things replaced the new use name with “urban agriculture, farmstead” was not enough to convince the council to approve the ordinance.
The ordinance stemmed from the interest that a property owner in the Covenanter Drive neighborhood had in teaching outdoor garden classes on the property. The ordinance would have allowed small-scale commercial urban agriculture—including outdoor gardening classes and on-site employees—as a conditional accessory use in residential neighborhoods.
The ordinance was forwarded to the city council mid-August by the plan commission with a 5–3 vote recommending approval. The consideration of the ordinance by the plan commission came in the context of potential litigation.
The outcome of the city council’s vote and the reason for it was foreshadowed during the first substantive deliberations by the council on the issue, which came on Oct 22. At the council’s late October meeting, councilmember Kate Rosenbarger said that the problem to be solved could have been more easily addressed with a change to regulations in the unified development ordinance (UDO) on home occupations—instead of creating a new kind of allowable land use.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/bloomington-says-no-to-commercial-urban-agriculture-use-in-residential-areas/
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