Portland Planning Board
| DATE: | 9/21/2010 | TIME: | 3:30 PM | LOCATION: |
Room 209, 2nd Floor, City Hall Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street |
| 1. | WORKSHOP – 3:30 p.m. i. R-6 to R-7 Map Amendment; 68 High Street; Community Housing of Maine (CHOM), Applicant. (3:30-4:15 p.m. - estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider a zoning map amendment from R-6 to R-7 at 66-68 High Street. The applicant is seeking the map amendment to allow for a greater residential density on site in order to renovate the former Children’s Hospital and construct a building addition on the former mansion site for a total of 35 residential units. ii. Three lot subdivision, 18 Luther Street, Peaks Island, HOMESTART, Applicant. (4:15 -5:00 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change). The Planning Board will consider a subdivision plan for three lots at 18 Luther Street and each lot is roughly 5,300 sq. ft. iii. Parking Lot; 627 Congress Street; Burnham Arms, Applicant. (5:00 – 5:30 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change). The Planning Board will consider a site plan for a parking lot with nine (9) spaces. The Burnham Arms parking lot is located at 627 Congress Street, which is adjacent to an apartment building held by the applicant. Access to the proposed parking area is from Deering Place. iv. 7 Lot Subdivision; 208-212 Hicks Street; Diversified Properties, Applicant. (5:30 – 6:00 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change). The Portland Planning Board will consider a plan by Diversified Properties Inc for a 7-lot subdivision, including a 3 unit multiplex. v. Farm Stand Amendments, City of Portland, Applicant. (6:00-6:30 - estimated time, subject to change) A zoning text amendment is proposed to allow produce from a community garden to be sold on-site within residential zones. PUBLIC HEARING – 7:00 p.m. i. R-6 Text Amendment to reduce lot width requirement, Tom Watson, Applicant. (7:00 – 7:45 p.m. estimated time subject to change) The Planning Board will consider a text amendment to reduce the lot width to 40 feet or eliminate the lot width provision in the R-6 zone. ii. 7 Lot Industrial Subdivision; 636 Riverside Street; City of Portland, Applicant. ( 7:45 -8:30 p.m. estimated time, subject to change) The Planning Board will consider a plan by the City of Portland’s Economic Development Department for a 7 lot industrial subdivision, which includes the Lucas Tree site and the NEMR facility that is under construction. iii. Amended subdivision plat for two lots on Gertrude Street, Diversified Properties, Applicant. (8:30- 9:00 p.m.- estimated time subject to change.) The Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider an amended subdivision proposal by Diversified Properties along Gertrude Ave. to create two (2) single family residential lots. The proposal includes paving 126 linear feet of Gertrude Avenue and installing public sewer utilities. iv. Appeal of sidewalk requirement at 127 Fore Street, Shipyard Brewery (86 Newbury Street), Applicant. (9:00- 9:30 p.m.- estimated time, subject to change). The Planning Board will consider an appeal of an administrative decision to deny a further extension of time to install a brick sidewalk with associated improvements along a portion of the Mountfort Street frontage. v. Amendments to Article VIII, Regulation of Explosives (also referred to as Blasting Ordinance) and Section 3, Public Safety Standards of the Technical Manual; City of Portland, Applicant. (9:30-10 p.m. estimated time subject to change) The Planning 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. 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 BILL HALL, CHAIR - PORTLAND PLANNING BOARD |
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