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CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Portland Planning Board

DATE: 11/24/2009
TIME: 3:30 PM
LOCATION: Room 209, 2nd Floor, City Hall
389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
AGENDA

1. WORKSHOP – 3:30 p.m.

i. WCZ Text Amendment; Waterfront Central Zone (WCZ), Property Owners, Applicant. (3:30 – 4:30 p.m.) The applicant is proposing to allow additional non-marine uses, to allow non-marine uses within 150 feet of Commercial Street, to revise parking requirements and other revisions within WCZ. At this workshop, the Planning Board will consider a process to evaluate the underlying policy of the zone.

ii. B-2, B-2b and B-2c Text Amendment; City of Portland, Applicant. (4:30 – 5:30 p.m.)The Board will consider proposed amendments to the B-2, B-2b and B-2c zones to increase residential density on peninsula and to clarify dimensional requirements.

iii. B-7 Text Amendment; City of Portland, Applicant. (5:30 – 6:15 p.m.) The Board will consider proposed amendments to the B-7 zone to provide more flexible provisions for surface parking and vertical expansion of buildings exceeding the maximum street setback.
2. PUBLIC HEARING – 7:00 p.m.

i. Conditional and Site Plan Review; Vicinity of 426 Forest Avenue; Town and Country Credit Union, Applicant. (7:00 – 7:45 p.m.) The applicant is proposing the reuse and redevelopment from office use to a credit union with a drive-through window.

ii. Text Amendment - Nonconformity – 14-388, City of Portland, Applicant. (7:45 – 8:30 p.m.) The applicant is proposing to repeal the non-conformity provision regarding area of dwelling.

To access agenda materials on-line, please visit the following web address on or after the Friday preceding the meeting date: http://www.portlandmaine.gov/planning.htm

DAVID SILK, CHAIR, PORTLAND PLANNING BOARD