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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-02-01 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 1, 2000 MINUTES Board Members Present: Mary Ann Bostwick, Chairman Ray Bolduc George Burgoyne Frederick Costlow Rick Fournier Robert Lingley City Staff Present: Robert Osborne Katherine Weber News Media Present: Bangor Daily News Chairman Bostwick opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA As no one wished to remove any of the items for discussion, Chairman Bostwick asked for a motion. Mr. Costlow moved to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion was seconded by Mr. Lingley, and it passed by a vote of 5 to 0. The items approved were: Item No. 1: Final Subdivision Plan approval of a four-lot subdivision located on Burleigh Road in a Rural Residence and Agriculture District. Richard D. Greene, applicant. Item No. 2: Site Development Plan Approval for a portable concrete plant located at 892 Odlin Road in an Urban Industry District. Vaughn Thibodeau & Sons, Inc., applicant. Item No. 3: Final Subdivision Plan approval of a 13-lot subdivision (Phase II of the Hillbrook Subdivision) located off Fox Hollow (Outer Essex Street) in a Rural Residence and Agriculture District. Frederick and Caroline Oldenburg, applicants. 1 Item No. 4: Site Development Plan approval to construct a 16,000 sq. ft. addition to an existing hangar located off Odlin Road in an Airport Development District. City of Bangor, applicant. Item No. 5: Site Development Plan Re-approval of the existing site development plan for automobile sales and service use located at 260 Hogan Road in a General Commercial and Service District. Varney’s GMC-Isuzu, applicant. PUBLIC HEARINGS Item No. 6: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan/Site Location of Development Plan 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 and asked for proponents. Mr. Fournier asked to be excused from voting on this item as he is employed by the applicant. The Board voted unanimously to excuse Mr. Fournier from voting. Associate Member Bolduc was asked to vote. Robert Frank, PE, of WBRC Architects Engineers, spoke in favor. He discussed with the Board on and off-site circulation and the lease for this property. Kevin Whalen, of Bangor Savings Bank, described the employee parking area on the site plan. Mike Waugh, Surry Institute, indicated that this use would generate 82 trips in a peak hour which would be a decrease in trips from the existing bank and the prior Irving convenience store/gas station. No one spoke in opposition. Chairman Bostwick asked for Staff comments. Planning Officer Weber indicated that Staff had three fundamental concerns regarding the proposed conditional use: the entrance off Hogan Road; the site distance between the building and the drive-thru aisles; and the roundabout path for the drive-thru queue. The on-site circulation problems stem from an inadequate amount of space dedicated to the new development coupled with the group development layout of the overall Maine Square Mall. Planner Osborne emphasized that the fundamental problem with the conditional use aspect of this application was that the site is too intensely developed as evidenced by the compromises in the Hogan Road entrance, the site distance issues, and the roundabout overall circulation of the site. Staff maintained that operation of the Conditional Use is not insured by the site plan. For these reasons, Staff recommended denial of the Conditional Use Request. No one spoke in opposition. Chairman Bostwick asked for a motion. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve the Conditional Use request. Mr. Costlow seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. Mr. Burgoyne then moved to approve the site development plan. Mr. Costlow seconded the motion, that also passed 5 to 0. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve the Site Location of Development Act Modification. Mr. Lingley seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. 2 Item No. 7: Final Subdivision Plan Approval/ Conditional Use Approval and Site Development Plan Approval to construct a retirement residence facility in a High Density Residential District consisting of 115 suites and 7 cottage suites located at the corner of Ohio Street and Griffin Road. Colson & Colson Construction Co., Holiday Retirement Corp., and Albert and Frederick Bean, applicants. Planning Officer Weber noted that the applicant had submitted a letter requesting that this item be continued. Mr. Fournier moved to continue this item to the next meeting. The motion was seconded and it passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Item No. 8: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of January 18, 2000 Meeting. The minutes of the January 18, 2000 meeting were unanimously approved as printed. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Item No. 9: Planning Board Review of Correspondence and Other Communications from the Planning Office. There were no items for Board review. Item No. 10: Planning Board Discussion of Waterfront Rezoning Project. th Planning Officer Weber reminded Planning Board members about the February 16 Joint Meeting of the Council and Planning Board to continue the dialogue on Waterfront rezoning issues. She indicated that the purpose of this meeting will be to decide on the proposed District boundaries, and permitted and conditional uses in the new WDD. Item No. 11: Planning Board Discussion of Subdivision Issues. Planning Officer Weber noted that the Board needs to review and discuss subdivision issues, and that this item will be taken up at a future meeting. There being no further items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. 3