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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #178628

Business:

Other: Can someone please look into the businesses that are operating out of 629 N. Fairview? Red Tire Taxi received a Rapid Response Fund loan of $12,000 in 2020 for being in the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Zone. I am in my third year of almost daily walking past that building at a wide variety of hours and have only seen a vehicle with a Red Tire Taxi sticker on it once and that was in the summer of 2019. There are two different tow truck company trucks in and out and the majority of the vehicles in their two lots are in some state of serious disrepair. The same vehicles with missing windows are there from when I first moved into this neighborhood in 2019. Is this a junk yard? If it is a junkyard, is there ordinance language around having fences around them? There are vehicles parked on grass in the back as well. If you look up the business registration for that address there is only one business listed and that is called Bloomington Extreme Auto (which is also the business used to perform the safety inspection on Red Tire Taxi's vehicles for the business license), and they were administratively dissolved in 2018. It is an unpleasant area to have a part of daily life, and seems illegitimate in at least one way, if not more. Please look into it. Thank you.

Assigned to
Jane Kupersmith

History

4/14/2022 14:57:12 Closed by Jane Kupersmith

Engineering determined that there are no UDO violations on 2/10/22: Although there are a number of site features that do not meet the standards of the Unified Development Ordinance (BMC Title 20, aka UDO), including lack of screening and too much impervious surface, the site and use are lawful non-conforming because the conditions pre-date those standards in the UDO. The result is that there are no UDO violations here.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=178628 Closed by Jane Kupersmith Engineering determined that there are no UDO violations on 2/10/22: Although there are a number of site features that do not meet the standards of the Unified Development Ordinance (BMC Title 20, aka UDO), including lack of screening and too much impervious surface, the site and use are lawful non-conforming because the conditions pre-date those standards in the UDO. The result is that there are no UDO violations here.

1/25/2022 16:12:10 Jane Kupersmith contacted Jane Kupersmith

Marnina, I want to let you know that the City has verified the operations of Red Tire Taxi. They are operating according to BMC. I have requested help in having someone look at the site. I'll leave this case open until that action is complete. Thank you!

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=178628 Jane Kupersmith contacted Jane Kupersmith Marnina, I want to let you know that the City has verified the operations of Red Tire Taxi. They are operating according to BMC. I have requested help in having someone look at the site. I'll leave this case open until that action is complete. Thank you!

1/20/2022 09:57:00 Jane Kupersmith contacted Jane Kupersmith

Hi Marnina! Thanks for reaching out about this. I have a couple questions out to other staff members and will follow up as soon as I hear back. All best wishes, Jane

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=178628 Jane Kupersmith contacted Jane Kupersmith Hi Marnina! Thanks for reaching out about this. I have a couple questions out to other staff members and will follow up as soon as I hear back. All best wishes, Jane

1/20/2022 08:18:48 Adam Wason commented on this case.

Jane- Planning/HAND may be a good resource if vehicles are being improperly stored.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=178628 Adam Wason commented on this case. Jane- Planning/HAND may be a good resource if vehicles are being improperly stored.

1/19/2022 16:44:42 Anonymous assigned this case to Jane Kupersmith

Hi Jane, can you take a look and respond?

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=178628 Alex Crowley assigned this case to Jane Kupersmith You can use the link to follow progress on this case. Hi Jane, can you take a look and respond?

1/19/2022 14:49:02 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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1/19/2022 14:49:02 Opened by Anonymous

629 N Fairview ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47404
Latitude39.172546386719
Longitude-86.541290283203
TownshipBloomington

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