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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-09-21 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 MINUTES Board Members Present: Mary Ann Bostwick, Chairman Richard Fournier, Vice Chairman Ray Bolduc George Burgoyne Robert Kreitzer Robert Lingley City Staff Present: Lynn Johnson Rodney McKay Robert Osborne News Media Present: None Vice Chairman Fournier called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. In the absence of Board Member Costlow, Associate Members Kreitzer and Bolduc alternated voting on the items beginning with Mr. Bolduc. CONSENT AGENDA As no one wished to remove the item for discussion, Vice Chairman Fournier asked for a motion. Mr. Lingley moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Mr. Bolduc seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. The item approved was: Item No. 1: Site Location of Development Modification/Site Development Plan Approval to remove 33,850 sq. ft. of parking spaces on the second level of the parking garage and replace it with 33,850 sq. ft. of office space at 489 State Street in a Government and Institutional Service District. Eastern Maine Medical Center, applicant. PUBLIC HEARINGS Item No. 2: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan approval to construct a building for use as an auto body repair facility located at 1238V Hammond Street in a General Commercial and Service District. Glidden Auto Body, Inc., applicant. Vice Chairman Fournier opened the public hearing and asked for proponents. Fred Marshall, Ames Corporation, represented the applicant. He told the Board that the applicant wished to relocate its present business at 244 Main Street to this location on Outer Hammond Street. The proposed 17,870 sq. ft. building was to be a metal prefabricated building. The applicant did not propose any outside storage (not even wrecked cars). He discussed the conditional use criteria within the GC & S District as well as the standard conditional use criteria of the Ordinance and told the Board that he felt that this use met that criteria. He went on to describe the components of the site plan indicating that the applicant also proposed office space in the front of the building. No one spoke in opposition. Vice Chairman Fournier closed the public hearing and asked for Staff comments. Planner Osborne discussed the 3 conditional use conditions of the GC & S District and noted that the use met those standards in that all repairs would be done within the building, all vehicles would be screened from view and the sounds within this building would be less than the sound from the traffic on Hammond Street. Staff recommended conditional use approval. He noted that the site plan as presented met the requirements of the district as well as site plan submittal requirements. Staff also recommended site development plan approval Vice Chairman Fournier then asked for a motion. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve the conditional use. Mr. Lingley seconded the motion, which carried 5 to 0. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve the site development plan. Mr. Kreitzer seconded the motion, which also carried by a vote of 5 to 0. Item No. 3: Amending the Land Development Code – Chapter 165-97 – Government and Institutional Service District to add public utility and public service uses. City of Bangor, applicant. C.O. # 99-308. The public hearing was opened by Vice Chairman Fournier. Rodney McKay, Development Director, explained that public utility and public services uses were not expressly permitted in the Government and Institutional Service District. However they are permitted uses in the Airport Development, Urban Industry, Industry & Service and Rural Residence & Agricultural Districts and conditional uses in the Urban Service, Downtown Development, Shopping & Personal Service, General Commercial & Service, Resource Protection and Stream Protection Districts. This amendment would allow them as conditional uses in the Government and Institutional Service District. Mr. McKay indicated that Bangor Gas was proposing to locate a gas regulator facility off Milford Street Extension and that application would be before the Board in the near future. No one spoke in opposition. Planner Osborne explained that the public utility and public service use is appropriate for a G & ISD District with the proposed conditions. (That the such facility is not sited so as to create an extreme juxtaposition of the architectural scale or style to the detriment of the buildings on adjacent lots; such uses must be certified as necessary in the particular location to service the area and the community; and that a Bufferyard”B” be established for front, side and rear yards.) He also noted that the G & ISD had been utilized for such uses in the past. As this use is expressly stated in a number of other districts this amendment would clarify all doubt about such uses in a G & ISD. 2 The Board discussed the types of uses that fall under the category of a public utility and public service use. Mr. Burgoyne requested that the Staff forward a memo to the Legal Department requesting clarification as to the definition of a public service use as he did not find one in the Land Development Code. Mr. Kreitzer noted, for the record, that he is an employee of Bangor Hydro Electric, which is a public utility, and indicated that he did not feel he had a conflict of interest. The Board so noted. Mr. Lingley then moved to recommend to the City Council that the zoning amendment contained in C.O. #99-308 be approved. That motion was seconded by Mr. Burgoyne and it passed 5 to 0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Item No. 4: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of September 7, 1999 Meeting. The minutes of the September 7, 1999 meeting were approved as printed. NEW BUSINESS Item No. 5: Site Development Plan approval to construct a 113,572 sq. ft. addition to the existing building at 70 Bennett Street in an Urban Industry District. Galt Block Warehouse, applicant. Planner Osborne noted that since the time the memo was written, the applicant indicated that they would request that the City review the Site Location of Development Act application for this same project. Staff recommended that the Board table this item and review it at the same time as the Site Location Application. Mr. Burgoyne moved to table this item. Mr. Lingley seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Item No. 6: Correspondence and Other Communications From the Planning Office. Planner Osborne noted that the Planning Office had received copies of the following correspondence from the Code Enforcement Office: 1) A request for an extension of the completion date for Cedar Falls Mobile Home Park; 2) a request for a 60 3 day extension for Benjamin’s on Franklin Street; and 3) a request for a 60-day extension for Mt. Hope Cemetery. There being no further items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.. 4