Portland Planning Board
| DATE: | 5/25/2010 | TIME: | 3:30 PM | LOCATION: |
Room 209, 2nd Floor, City Hall Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street |
| 1. | WORKSHOP – 3:30 p.m. i. Waterfront Central Zone and Policy Evaluation; 11 Private Pier Owners, Applicants. (3:30 – 4:45 p.m. estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider proposed text amendments and comprehensive plan policy revisions for the Waterfront Central Zone WCZ.) ii. Cumberland Cold Storage Renovation, 254 Commercial Street, Waterfront Maine LP, Applicant. (4:45- 6:00 p.m. estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider a proposal to renovate and reuse the upper floors of the Cumberland Cold Storage building for office use and reconfigure on-site parking. Break for Dinner 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 MAY 11th, 2010: Workshop: Hall, Lowry, Silk, and Tevanian, present; Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis, absent. Public Hearing: Hall, Lowry, Silk, and Tevanian, present; Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis, absent. 4. REPORT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON MAY 11th, 2010: i. Conditional Rezoning; Vicinity of 18 Luther Street, Peaks Island; Homestart Affordable Housing, Applicant. The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis absent) to recommend the Conditional Rezoning at 18 Luther Street to the City Council. ii. Amendments to the Site Plan Ordinance, Land Use Code, Technical Manual and Design Manual; City of Portland, Applicant. The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis absent) to recommend adoption of the proposed site plan ordinance to the City Council. The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis absent) to recommend the proposed regulation amendments to the City Council. The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis absent) to approve the Technical Manual The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis absent) to approve the Design Manual The Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Morrissette, Patterson, and Lewis absent) to recommend to the City Council the proposed amendments to the B-3 off-street parking requirements. 5. NEW BUSINESS i. Zoning Text Amendments to the R-5 Small Lot Provisions and B-2 Drive-through Setbacks City of Portland, Applicant. (7:00 – 7:30 p.m. - estimated time, subject to change.) The Planning Board will consider amendments to the Residential R-5 Zone to clarify dimensional standards for small lot residential lot development and to the Business B-2 zone to clarify the measurement of drive-through setbacks from property lines. ii. Amendments to Article VIII- Regulation of Explosives, Land Use Code, and Section 3 of Technical Manual –Public Safety Standards. City of Portland, Applicant. (7:30 p.m. - estimated time, subject to change) The Board will consider a series of text amendments to Article VIII (Regulation of Explosives Ordinance) of the Land Use Code and to Section 3 of the Technical Manual, which include blasting requirements for construction and development-related activity and new provisions to mitigate potential carbon monoxide migration resulting from blasting operations. NOTE: The applicant has requested that this item be tabled to a future date to enable further consultation with utilities and blasting contractors. 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 |
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