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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-01-04 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF JANUARY 4, 2000 MINUTES Board Members Present: Mary Ann Bostwick Ray Bolduc Frederick Costlow Richard Fournier Robert Lingley City Staff Present: Robert Osborne Katherine Weber News Media Present: None In the absence of Board Member Burgoyne, Associate Member Bolduc voted. Chairman Bostwick called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Item No. 1: Election of Officers for 2000. It was the consensus of the Board to delay the election of officers until after the City Council has made its appointments for 2000. CONSENT AGENDA Item No. 2: Final Subdivision Plan approval of a four-lot subdivision located on Burleigh Road in a Rural Residence and Agriculture District. Richard D. Greene, applicant. Chairman Bostwick opened the public hearing. Richard Greene, the applicant, requested that this item be continued to allow time for additional information to be submitted in support of this application. Mr. Lingley moved to continue the public hearing. Mr. Costlow seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. PUBLIC HEARINGS Item No. 3: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan Re-approval for construction of a 2,200 sq. ft. drive-in restaurant, a 2,250 sq. ft. hand held car wash, a 3,850 sq. ft. car wash and a l,800 sq. ft. quick lube building and associated site improvements located at 1110 Broadway in a Shopping and Personal Service District. Grant Trailer Sales, Inc., applicant. Chairman Bostwick opened the pubic hearing. Fred Marshall of Ames Corporation represented the applicant and spoke in favor of the application. He discussed the district conditions and standard conditions and told the Board that this request satisfied those conditions. Planner Osborne indicated that the reason that this item was before the Board was that a portion of the development was not completed prior to the completion date on the previous approval. Therefore, applicant requested a reapproval of the entire site development per Bangor Land Development Code requirements. (The Site License aspect of the original approval carries for five years.) Staff recommended approval of both the conditional use and site development plan that remains unchanged from the prior approval. The public hearing was closed. Chairman Bostwick asked for a motion. Mr. Fournier moved to approve the conditional use request. Mr. Costlow seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. Mr. Fournier then moved to approve the site development plan as presented. The motion was seconded by Mr. Costlow and it passed unanimously. Item No. 4: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan Approval to construct a drive-in restaurant (Dunkin Donuts) located at 824V Stillwater Avenue in a Shopping and Personal Service District. Luciano Lima, applicant. The public hearing was opened by Chairman Bostwick. Cliff Goodall, Esq., representing the applicant, requested that this item be continued until the second meeting in February in order to address Staff concerns outlined in the Staff Memorandum. Mr. Costlow moved to continue the public hearing until the Board’s second meeting in February. Mr. Fournier seconded the motion, which passed by a vote of 5 to 0. 2 Item No. 5: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan approval to construct a drive-in restaurant located at 995 Union Street in a Shopping and Personal Service District. Dunkin Donuts Franchising Corp., applicant. Chairman Bostwick opened the public hearing. Luciano Lima, the applicant, requested that this item be continued to the Board’s second meeting in February to allow additional time to address Staff concerns outlined in the Staff Memorandum. Mr. Costlow moved to continue the public hearing to the Board’s second meeting in February. Mr. Lingley seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. Item No. 6: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan/Site Location of Development Modification Approval to construct a 3,178 sq. ft. bank building with four drive-thru lanes located at 687 Hogan Road in a General Commercial and Service District. Bangor Savings Bank, applicant. Chairman Bostwick opened the public hearing. Mr. Fournier abstained from voting as he is employed by the applicant. Planning Officer Weber indicated that Staff requested (and the applicant concurred) that this public hearing be continued to allow time for additional submittals and for notification from the State of delegated review authority. Mr. Lingley moved to continue the public hearing. Mr. Costlow seconded the motion. The Board voted 4 to 0 in favor. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Item No. 7: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of December 21, 1999 Meeting. The Board continued this item to its January 18, 2000 meeting. NEW BUSINESS Item No. 8: Planning Board Discussion of Waterfront Development. Planning Officer Weber distributed copies of the Hunter Waterfront Study and advised Board members of the upcoming joint City Council-Planning Board Meetings on thth, January 10 and 25, and the Neighborhood Meetings on January 11, 2000 to discuss waterfront development issues. Members expressed interest in and concern for the redevelopment project, and welcomed the opportunity to participate in the process. Members agreed that development objectives for the waterfront should advance open space and recreation opportunities, and be of a size, scale and type of use that benefits the City and the surrounding the neighborhood. 3 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Item No. 9: Planning Board Review of Correspondence and Other Communica- tions from the Planning Office. There being no items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 p.m. 4