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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-12-16 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF DECEMBER 16, 2008 MINUTES Board Members Present: Alice Brown, Chairman Nathaniel Rosenblatt Jeffrey Barnes David Clark Douglas Damon City Staff Present: David Gould Bud Knickerbocker Peter Witham Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. NEW BUSINESS Item No. 1: Site Development Plan and Site Location of Development Act Modification approvals for construction of a 25’ x 60’ canopy over the deck for the Mobile PET Scan Unit and construction of a 10’ x 45’ paper storage building at 489 State Street in a Government and Institutional Service District. Eastern Maine Medical Center, applicant. Chairman Brown asked for a representative of the applicant to come forward. Mr. David Merritt, agent, explained that this request lumps two projects together. The Mobile PET Scan Unit pad exists and was previously approved by the Board. The canopy allows patients and staff to avoid bad weather when accessing the PET Scan Unit from the abutting building. The new storage building will contain recycling bins for paper and will be located in an existing loading area. The storage building will be constructed next to an existing wall such that after the structure is built the view from State Street will remain the same. Currently, the recycling containers are being stored in an adjacent building. Mr. David Gould, Planning Officer, noted this application is straight forward. People entering the PET Scan Unit will access the mobile unit from the abutting building and the canopy will help protect them from the weather. The application adds no additional impervious surfaces, requires no new lighting and removes no parking spaces. 2 As no one else spoke, Chairman Brown asked for a motion. Mr. Barnes moved that the Board grant Site Development Plan and Site Location of Development Act modification approvals to Eastern Maine Medical Center. After a second by Mr. Rosenblatt, the motion passed by a vote of 5-0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Rosenblatt moved to approve the minutes of the September 16 and December 2, 2008 Meetings. Mr. Barnes seconded the motion, which passed by of vote of 5-0. OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Gould reminded Board members of the 2009 Schedule of Meetings included in the member packets and asked members to please check for possible scheduling conflicts. He noted that also included in the packets were copies of proposed ordinance changes going before the City Council. These are a preview of future actions which may come before the Board. One change requires the submission of additional copies of site plans to address the Fire Department’s request for a copy. The second change addresses the front yard setback requirement along the Interstate, which will be treated as a rear yard. He noted that the Comprehensive Plan Committee is looking at Plan Implementation and asked that the Board think about elements of the planning process the Board might want to see changed (public input, notice, ordinance standards etc.). He asked that Board members to bring any ideas they have to future Board meetings. The Board agreed to place this on the agenda for a future meeting. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.