Portland Planning Board
| DATE: | 2/12/2008 | TIME: | 3:30 PM | LOCATION: |
Room 209, 2nd Floor Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street |
| 1. | WORKSHOP - 3:30 P.M. i. Zoning Map Amendment from B-1b Business to R-7 Residential to allow for the development of five attached town houses with a shared parking garage; Vicinity of 202 Washington Avenue; 202 Washington Avenue, LLC., Applicant. (3:30 – 4:30 p.m. - estimated time, subject to change) ii. An Amendment to Mercy Hospital’s Phase 1 site plan approval to reuse and refurbish the existing 5,500 sq. ft. maintenance building on the southern part of the site for storage of maintenance materials and equipment; Vicinity of 201 Fore River Parkway; Mercy Hospital, Applicant. (4:30 – 5:00 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change) iii. Conditional Rezoning to allow the construction of a 5 story apartment building with 43 apartments and 40 parking spaces ; Vicinity of 51-59 Danforth Street; Maine Workforce Housing (Nathan Szanton), Applicant. (5:00 – 6:00 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change) |
| 2. | PUBLIC HEARING - 7:00 P.M. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON: January 22nd, 2008 Workshop: Tevanian, Silk, Freund, Hall, Lowry and Odokara present; Patterson absent. January 22nd, 2008 Public Hearing: All members were present. ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON JANUARY 22ND, 2008. i. Office/Studio Space; Change of Use, Renovation and 1,802 sq. ft. Building Addition; Vicinity of 5 South Street; Stephen Blatt Architects, Applicant. The Planning Board voted 3-3 (Paterson, Silk and Odokara opposed; Freund abstained) on a motion to approve the site plan, subject to seven (7) conditions of approval. The Board then voted 6-0 (Freund abstained) to table this item to the February 12 meeting at 7:00 p.m. ii. IL Conditional Rezoning for Warehouse Use over 10,000 sq. ft. and Self-Storage; Vicinity of 215-237 Read Street; JB Brown & Sons, Applicant. The Board voted unanimously (7-0) to recommend the rezoning to the City Council. iii. Estates of Longfellow Inn; Subdivision and Site Plan Review for 7 Residential Units; Vicinity of 130 E. Promenade; Casco Bay Ventures, Applicant. The Board voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the subdivision subject to three (3) conditions of approval; voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the site plan subject to seven (7) conditions of approval; and voted unanimously (7- 0) that the site plan is in conformance with the Housing Replacement Ordinance. iv. UNE School of Pharmacy; Site Plan Review of a College of Pharmacy Building facing Stevens Avenue; Vicinity of 716 Stevens Avenue; University of New England, Applicant. The Board voted unanimously (7-0) to table this item to the February 26th meeting at 7:00 p.m. v. Warren Green Conditional Rezoning for 170 Residential Units, 5 Homes and 2 Commercial Sites; Vicinity of 421 Warren Avenue; JMC Warren Ave., LLC., Applicant. The Board voted unanimously (7-0) that this project does not meet section 14-60 of the Ordinance, is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, and therefore does not recommend this rezoning to the City Council. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - 7:00 P.M. i. Office/Studio Space; Change of Use, Renovation and 1,802 sq. ft. Building Addition; Vicinity of 5 South Street; Stephen Blatt Architects, Applicant. (7:00 – 7:45 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change) NEW BUSINESS ii. An Amendment to Mercy Hospital’s Phase 1 site plan approval to modify the approved landscape proposals for the northern open space (between the Fore River Parkway and Fore River), and realign the "marsh trail" (part of public pedestrian trail system on the Mercy site, east of the pond.); Vicinity of 201 Fore River Parkway; Mercy Hospital, Applicant. (7:45 – 8:30 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change) iii. B-7 Design Standards related to site plan review of development in the Bayside area of Portland. (8:30 – 9:30 p.m. – estimated time, subject to change) 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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