Portland Planning Board
| DATE: | 1/12/2010 | TIME: | 3:30 PM | LOCATION: |
Planning Division 4th Floor Conference Room Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street |
| 1. | WORKSHOP 3:30 p.m. i. Conditional Rezoning; Vicinity of 18 Luther Street, Peaks Island; Homestart Affordable Housing, Applicant. (3:30 4:15 estimated time) The Board will hold a workshop to consider a conditional rezoning of IR-2 by Homestart Affordable Housing to allow the development of 2 new single-family affordable housing units on Peaks Island. ii. Street Discontinuance; Vicinity of Oak Street; Lafayette Portland, LLC., Applicant. (4:15 5:00 estimated time) The Board will hold a workshop to consider a street discontinuance by Lafayette Portland, LLC. for the portion of Oak Street between Spring and Pleasant Streets. iii. Bank Building; Vicinity of 320 Allen Avenue; Bangor Savings Bank, Applicant. (5:00 5:45 estimated time) The Board will hold a workshop to consider a plan by Bangor Savings Bank for a 3,467 sq. ft. bank building at 320 Allen Avenue (currently the Espos site). iv. WCZ (Waterfront Central Zone) Text Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Policy (5:45 6:30 estimated time) The Board will hold a workshop to consider a proposed inventory of economic and land use data for the WCZ process as part of the process to evaluate the underlying policy of the zone. PUBLIC HEARING 7:00 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM 2. COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS 3. REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON: December 15th, 2009 Public Hearing: Silk, Lowry, Morrissette and Patterson present; Hall, Lewis and Tevanian absent. 4. REPORT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON DECEMBER 15th, 2009: i. Places of Assembly; City of Portland, Applicant The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry, and Tevanian absent) to recommend the proposed text amendments for adoption to the City Council. 5. NEW BUSINESS i. Zone Change; Vicinity of 38 India Street; PME 1 Limited Partnership, Applicant. (7:00 7:30 estimated time) The Board will hold a public hearing to consider a proposal by PME 1 Limited Partnership to repeal a conditional rezoning at 38 India Street and return the property to the underlying Downtown Business B-3 zone. The conditional rezoning was adopted on August 9, 2005 and it allowed a mixed use project, including a hotel, condominiums and retail/commercial space as shown on the map. EVENING WORKSHOP 7:30 p.m. i. Site Plan Procedures; City of Portland, Applicant. The Board will consider revised site plan review thresholds and procedures. 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.html NOTE: It is possible that the Board will not reach all of the items prior to adjournment. Any items not reached will be rescheduled to appear on the subsequent agenda with items appearing early on the agenda as unfinished business. |
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