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ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM |
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COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS |
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS HELD ON:
October 24th, 2006 Workshop: Beal, Lowry, Odokara, Silk, Hall, Patterson and Tevanian present.
October 24th, 2006 Public Hearing: Beal, Lowry, Odokara, Silk, Hall, Patterson and Tevanian present.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2006.
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| i | Subdivision Amendment (Lot Split); Vicinity of 34 Garsoe Drive; Philip and Charlene Jordan, Applicants. |
| The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously (7-0) to table this item to the November 28th meeting. |
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| ii | Bayside Village Student Housing; Site Plan and Conditional Use; Vicinity of 120 Marginal Way; So. Maine Student Housing, Applicant. |
| The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously (7-0) to table this item to the November 14th meeting. |
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| iii | Medical Office Building/Methadone Clinic; Vicinity of 2300 Congress Street; Ade Management, Applicant.
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| The Portland Planning Board voted 6-0 (Lowry recused) to approve the site plan and to waive the sidewalk on the south side of Congress Street. |
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| iv | Used Car Sales; Site Plan and Conditional Use; Vicinity of 486 Forest Avenue; Marcus Moschetto, Applicant. |
| The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the conditional use and voted 5-0 (Beal opposed; Lowry recused) to approve the site plan subject to eleven (11) conditions of approval. |
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| v | The Cedars Site Plan re-approval; Vicinity of 630 Ocean Avenue; Cedars Nursing Care Center and JHA Services, Inc., Applicants. |
| The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the site plan. |
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PUBLIC HEARING 5:00 p.m. |
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| i | Peninsula Traffic Plan - Recommendation for inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan
(5:00 6:30 p.m. estimated time)
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| The Portland Planning Board will hold a public hearing and a recommendation to the City Council for adoption of the Peninsula Traffic Plan in Portlands Comprehensive Plan. |
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PUBLIC HEARING RESUMES - 7:30 P.M.
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| i | Unfinished Business
Bayside Village Student Housing; Site Plan and Conditional Use; Vicinity of 120 Marginal Way; So. Maine Student Housing, Applicant. (7:30 8:30 p.m. estimated time)
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| The Portland Planning Board will continue a public hearing to consider a proposal by Southern Maine Student Housing, LLC for a 400 bedroom lodging house development in the vicinity of 120 Marginal Way. This application was tabled at the Planning Board's meetings on October 10th and 24th. The lodging house is intended for college students. A retail space of about 3,800 sq. ft. is also proposed. Vehicle access to the site is from Marginal Way. The total floor area of the building is 207,332 sq. ft. and is 5 stories high. 102 parking spaces within a parking garage are proposed on the site. |
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| ii | New Business
B-1/B-1b Zoning Text Amendments; Text change to prohibit high traffic businesses; City of Portland, Applicant. (8:30 9:00 p.m. estimated time)
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| The Portland Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider a text change to the B-1/B-1b Neighborhood Business Zones. The amendment would prohibit high traffic businesses (those businesses that generate 65 vehicle trips per hour during the a.m. or p.m. Rush hour) from locating within any neighborhood business zone. |
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| iii | Inclusionary Zoning Program; Recommendation for a voluntary program to encourage inclusion of affordable housing units in residential developments; City of Portland, Applicant. (9:00 9:30 p.m. estimated time)
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ADJOURNMENT | 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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