Portland Planning Board
| DATE: | 9/21/2010 | TIME: | 3:30 PM | LOCATION: |
Room 209, 2nd Floor 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 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 and conditional use application 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. Hicks Street Subdivision; 208-212 Hicks Street, Diversified Properties, Applicant. (5:30-6:00 p.m.–estimated time subject to change). The Planning Board will consider a plan by Diversified Properties Inc. for a subdivision, including a 3 unit multiplex and duplex on two lots. v. Farm Stand Amendments; City of Portland, Applicant.(6:00-6:30 p.m. – estimated time subject to change). A zoning text amendment is proposed to allow produce from a community garden to be sold on-site as an accessory use in residential and other zones. 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 AUGUST 10, 2010: Afternoon Workshop: Lowry, Morrissette and Silk present; Hall, Lewis, Patterson and Tevanian absent. Public Hearing: Lowry, Morrissette, Silk and Tevanian present; Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent. 4.REPORT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING,HELD ON AUGUST 10, 2010: i. Places of Assembly Conditional Use Review; 978 Washington Ave, Zachary Heiden, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to approve the conditional use subject to five (5) conditions of approval and; voted 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to approve the site plan subject to five (5) conditions of approval. ii. Skylark Commons; Subdivision Amendment to Create 2 Phases, 87 Skylark Commons, Frank Didonato, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to approve this item subject to eleven (11) conditions of approval. iii. Conditional Use Review; 235 St. John Street, Muhktar Geele, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to waive standards related to allow one of two curb cuts on St. John Street. voted unanimously 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to approve the conditional use subject to five 95) conditions of approval; and voted 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to approve the site plan subject to five(5) conditions of approval. iv. B-2 Conditional Zone Amendment; 901 Washington Avenue, JB Brown and Sons, pplicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to table this item to September 14 at 7:00 p.m. v. Appeal 5 City Point Road; Peaks Island, Clinton Pete Rose, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously 4-0 (Lewis, Patterson and Hall absent) to table this item to September 14 at 7:00 p.m. 5.NEW BUSINESS i. Amended subdivision plan for two lots on Gertrude Street; Diversified Properties, Applicant.(7:00-7:45p.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 a two (2) single family residential lots. The proposal includes paving 126 linear feet of Gertrude Avenue and installing public sewer utilities. ii. R-6 Text Amendment to reduce lot width requirement, Tom Watson, Applicant. (7:45–8:30 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. iii. 7 Lot Industrial Subdivision; 636 Riverside Street, City of Portland, Applicant. (8:30-9:00 p.m.–estimated time subject to change). The Planning Board will consider a seven (7) lot subdivision at 636 Riverside Street which includes the NEMR site under construction. iv. 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. (9:00-9:30 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 included 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 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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