Case Date:

2/10/2025

Last night I tried for an hour to upload the required documents for a residential parking permit for my son’s car. The system rejects both pdfs and jpegs repeatedly. Today, I came to city hall to get the permit in person, and I was redirected to parking services on south walnut. When I arrived — at 12:45p — only one person appeared to be in the office, and she was unable to process the request and give me a residential parking permit. She indicated that the “person who could handle it,” was at lunch and would return at 1:30p. Like many, I presume, I used my own lunch hour to make an in-person visit to obtain a required residential parking permit. Staffing choices and, essentially, an office closure during a Bloomington resident’s traditional lunch hour seems inefficient and ineffective. I am standing in the parking office awaiting the return of, seemingly, the one person who can process my permit request.

Case Date:

6/16/2023

Car is parked on a yellow curb.

Case Date:

8/4/2024

white Subaru parked on grass on Park Ridge road

Case Date:

6/5/2025

The street lights on the West side of the parking garage are way too bright and low to the ground. The patrons at the Backdoor and the Blockhouse bars use that alley to socialize ( There is never any automobile traffic in the alley). The worst light is the one that shines directly into the entrance to the Blockhouse ( Its where everyone gathers outside and between shows). The light is blinding and shining directly into the faces of the patrons. Please: 1) get rid of the light(s) or move the to a higher location. 2) physically block the lights so that they will not shine straight out 3) replace the bulbs with something less bright and with a warmer "color temperature" ( 2700k). Or do a combination of these things. Thanks.

Case Date:

1/29/2018

Alleyway has been blocked by pavers. Don't know by who to address

Case Date:

5/28/2019

1115 S Walnut, Circle S and the corner of grimes and walnut. 7:30 am. Semi parked on the wrong side of the road on grimes. The truck is headed east, parked in west bound lane. The truck parks there to make a delivery rather than parking in the lot. Driver headed towards walnut have drive in eastbound lane to pass, blocking that lane. The truck is also blocking the city bus stop. I am sure that the truck is gone by the time this report is received, but the when I asked the manager about this since it is happening every Tuesday, he replied that is the way that company does it and people will just have to be patient. I disagree. This is not a beer truck on walnut where there are two other lanes to get around. This is a semi truck parked on the wrong side of a small road blocking traffic and a city bus stop even though there is ample space in the parking lot to do their job.

Case Date:

6/4/2019

Status says case #168693 is closed yet this semi continues to block traffic by parking on the wrong side of the road as we as blocking city bus stop. Approximately 7:30 am Tuesdays. Very dangerous. Manager of stores does not understand why truck does not use lot as they used to do. I have lived on Lincoln and driven by this location for 6 years, this has just started in the last month or so.

Case Date:

11/3/2021

This car has been parked on the side of the street for over a week. We have seen it parked on the street before, but it was always gone by the end of the day. The car hasn't moved at all and no one has gotten in or out of it. We believe that it either broke down or the owner abandoned the vehicle completely.

Case Date:

4/23/2022

Street behind parking driveway gets parked along which blocks the ability for cars to exit our driveway. Residents are unsure if this is allowed or not as there is not a no parking sign on that side of the road, but it does block our ability to access our driveway. A no parking sign on that side of the road is suggested as it inhibits our ability to get in or out of our driveway

Case Date:

7/13/2023

Made there own driveway to park there camper