Bloomington has no short-term rental parking regulations because City Code Section 14.577(b) prohibits transient lodging of fewer than 30 consecutive days in any dwelling unit. Parking at a property used as an unlawful STR is governed by the standard residential parking rules in the Bloomington Zoning Code and the on-street and overnight parking provisions in Chapter 9 of the City Code, the same rules that apply to every other home in the city.
Bloomington City Code Section 14.568 defines transient lodging as fewer than 30 consecutive calendar days of occupancy, and Section 14.577(b) prohibits that use. Because there is no licensed STR program, the city has not adopted minimum off-street parking ratios, guest-vehicle caps, or street parking conditions tied to an STR permit. Instead, the residential parking baseline applies to any dwelling unit. Bloomington's Zoning Code (City Code Chapter 19) sets minimum off-street parking requirements for single-family and multifamily dwellings and prohibits parking in front yards outside an approved driveway in residential districts. Section 14.577 itself enforces residential occupancy limits that effectively cap how many vehicles a household can have. Bloomington's general traffic and parking provisions in Chapter 9 of the City Code regulate on-street parking, including overnight and snow-emergency restrictions enforced by Bloomington Police Department; vehicles may not be parked on a public street for more than a continuous period set in the chapter without being moved, and posted snow-emergency routes must be cleared during declared events. The city's Let's Talk Bloomington page summarizing the August 26, 2024 City Council decision cited overflow guest parking as one of the neighborhood-impact concerns that informed the decision to keep the transient-lodging prohibition rather than adopting a regulated STR program with parking conditions.
Renting a dwelling unit for transient lodging is itself a violation of Section 14.577(b) and is referred to Environmental Health (952-563-8934) for abatement and administrative action. Parking violations such as front-yard parking, overnight street violations, or snow-emergency violations are separately enforceable under Chapter 9 traffic provisions and Chapter 19 zoning, with citations issued by Bloomington Police Department under the city's general penalty provisions.
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