Portland Planning Board
| DATE: | 6/22/2010 | TIME: | 3:30 PM | LOCATION: |
Room 209, 2nd Floor, City Hall Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street |
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WORKSHOP – 3:30 p.m. i. Places of Assembly Conditional Use Review; 978 Washington Avenue; Zachary Heiden, Applicant. (3:30 – 4:15p.m. - estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider the conditional use review for a place of assembly in the existing building at 978 Washington Avenue. The building was formerly a TV repair shop and it is being converted to a place of assembly, which is listed as an institutional use requiring conditional use review by the Planning Board. ii. R-3 to B-2 Map Amendment; 901 Washington Avenue; JB Brown and Sons, Applicant. (4:15 to 5:00 p.m. - estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider a zoning map amendment for 901 Washington Avenue to rezone the front portion of the property from the Residential R-3 zone to the Business B-2. iii. I-lb to B-5 Map Amendment; 170 Anderson Street; Wayne Hamilton, Applicant. (5:00 to 5:45 p.m. - estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider a map amendment from Industrial ILB to Business B-5 for 170 Anderson Street, a former electrical supply warehouse. The applicant is seeking to move Hamilton Marine to this location. A portion of the building would be rented by the Compass Project, a nonprofit organization that does boat building with youth. 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 JUNE 8TH, 2010: Workshop: Lewis, Patterson, Silk and Tevanian present; Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent. Public Hearing: Lewis, Patterson, Silk and Tevanian present; Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent. 4. REPORT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON JUNE 8TH, 2010: i. Housing Replacement Ordinance Amendments; City of Portland, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to recommend the amendment to the City Council. ii. Business B-4 Text Amendment to Delete Lodging Houses as a Permitted Use, City of Portland, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to recommend the amendment to the City Council. iii. Avesta Oak Street Efficiencies, 72 Oak Street; Avesta Oak Street, LP, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to table this item to the June 22nd meeting at 7:00 p.m. iv. Cumberland Cold Storage Renovation, 254 Commercial Street, Waterfront Maine LP, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-9 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to waive the parking stall dimensions; voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to waive the drive way spacing; voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to approve the Traffic Movement Permit subject to one (1) condition of approval; voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to approve the conditional use; and voted unanimously 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to approve the site plan subject to six (6) conditions of approval. v. R-P Map Amendment; Vicinity of 1326 Washington Avenue; J. David Pirone, Applicant. The Planning Board voted 4-0 (Hall, Lowry and Morrissette absent) to recommend the rezoning to the City Council. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS i. Avesta Oak Street Efficiencies, 72 Oak Street; Avesta Oak Street, LP, Applicant. (7:00- 8:00 p.m. estimated time, subject to change). The Portland Planning Board will consider a proposal for a 4 story, 30,201 sq. ft. building at 72 Oak Street with 37 studio apartments on the upper 3 floors with common "storefront" space and parking on the ground floor. 6. NEW BUSINESS ii. Waterfront Central Zone Text Amendments; 11 Private Pier Owners, Applicants. (8:00 – 9:00 p.m. estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider revised waterfront policies and proposed text amendments for the Waterfront Central Zone (WCZ). iii. B-1 Map Amendment; Vicinity of 801 Washington Avenue; Cumberland Farms, Inc., Applicant. (9:00 p.m. estimated time, subject to change). The Portland Planning Board will consider an amendment from R3 zone to B1 zone at 801 Washington Avenue. The amendment relates to small lot adjacent to the existing Cumberland Farms at this address to allow for expansion of the existing building. 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 |
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