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CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE
PLANNING BOARD AGENDA

Portland Planning Board

DATE: 7/26/2011
TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Room 209, 2nd Floor, City Hall
389 Congress Street, Portland, ME
AGENDA

1. PUBLIC HEARING - 6:00 p.m. (NOTE CHANGE IN TIME)

1. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM
2. COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS
3. REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON JULY 12, 2011:


Workshop: Lewis, Hall Lowry and Silk present; Morrissette, O’Brien and Patterson absent.

Public Hearing: Lewis, Hall Lowry, O’Brien, Patterson, and Silk present; Morrissette, absent.

4. REPORT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON JULY 12, 2011:

i. Request for Reconsideration of Site Plan Approval, action taken at the previous meeting on June 28, 2011; 7 Residential Units (Harborview Townhouses) with a 19 space Parking Lot; 127 York Street, Redfern Properties, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously (6-0, Morrissette absent) to reconsider the site plan approval. The Planning Board voted unanimously (6-0, Morrissette absent) to waive the technical standard Section 1.14 to allow 4 compact spaces. The Board voted (5-1, Lewis opposed; Morrissette absent) to approve the site plan with seven (7) conditions of approval.

ii. Wind Ordinance Zoning Text Amendments; City of Portland, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously (5-0, Lewis and Morrissette, absent) to recommend to City Council the adoption of the proposed ordinance as revised by the Planning Board.

iii. Renewal of a Subdivision Sidewalk Waiver; Gertrude Street; Diversified Properties, Applicant. The Planning Board voted unanimously (5-0, Lewis and Morrissette, absent) to reapprove a waiver of a sidewalk, Section 14-498.

5. NEW BUSINESS

i. Shoreland Zone Text Amendment The Portland Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider text amendments that address pier setback provisions of the Eastern Waterfront Port Zone; high water setbacks for buildings, parking and roadways in the Shoreland Zone portions of the B-5, B-5b, B-6, B-7, and I-M zones; and clearing of vegetation standards in the Shoreland Zone portions of the B-5, B-5b, B-6, B-7, and I-M zones.

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

JOE LEWIS CHAIR - PORTLAND PLANNING BOARD