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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-06-04 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF JUNE 4, 1996 MINUTES Board Members Present: Moshe Myerowitz, Chairman Mary Ann Bostwick George Burgoyne Thomas Drummond Scott Hall Carol Woodcock City Staff Present: Edward Barrett Norman Heitmann John Lord Robert Osborne News Media Present: Bangor Daily News Chairman Myerowitz called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. He announced that Board Member MacArthur had submitted a letter to the City Clerk tendering his resignation from the Board effective on June 4, 1996. Associate Members Bostwick and Woodcock were asked to alternate voting. Election of Officers for 1996 Mr. Burgoyne nominated Dr. Myerowitz as Chairman of the Planning Board for 1996. Mr. Hall seconded the motion. There were no other nominations. The Board voted unanimously in favor. Mrs. Woodcock was nominated as Vice Chairman of the Planning Board for 1996. Mrs. Woodcock declined the nomination. Mr. Drummond then nominated Mr. Burgoyne as Vice Chairman of the Planning Board for 1996. Mr. Hall seconded the motion. There were no other nominations. The Board voted unanimously in favor of the nomination. CONSENT AGENDA As no one wished to remove any of the items for discussion, Chairman Myerowitz asked for a motion. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve 1 the Consent Agenda. That motion was seconded by Mrs. Woodcock and it passed by a vote of 5 to 0. The items approved were: Item No. 1: Site Development Plan Approval to construct an addition to the existing building at 650 Broadway for storage/accessory use in a Shopping and Personal Service District. Conifer Industries, Inc., applicant. Item No. 2: Site Development Plan Approval to fill and grade property located at 1022V Kenduskeag Avenue in a Low Density Residential District. Brian Ashe and Michael Andrick, applicants. Item No. 3: Site Development Plan/Site Location of Development Act Modification Approval to expand and relocate a proposed service building, construct an addition to the existing reconditioning building, and reorient existing parking and access ways at 307 Hogan Road in a General Commercial and Service District and Stream Protection District. Q. V. Realty, applicant. PUBLIC HEARINGS Item No. 4: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan and Site Location of Development Act Modification Approval to construct a 14,576 sq. ft. addition to the existing building at 758 Broadway for nursing home use (24-bed Alzheimer unit) in a High Density Residential District and a High Density Residential (Contract) District. Ross Manor Associates, applicant. Chairman Myerowitz opened the public hearing. Mrs. Bostwick asked to be excused from voting as her husband is the medical director at Ross Manor. It was unanimous to excuse Mrs. Bostwick from voting. Charles Englehart, Architect for the project, spoke in favor and demonstrated the repositioning (from the previously approved plan) of the proposed additions. No one spoke in opposition. Chairman Myerowitz asked for staff comments. Planner Osborne discussed the conditional use criteria and noted that the plans as submitted met those standards. He also discussed the Site Location of Development Act Modification request 2 and told the Board that this, too, was in order. Staff recommended approval of the conditional use/site development plan and site location of development act modification. Chairman Myerowitz closed the public hearing and asked for a motion. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve the conditional use. Mr. Drummond seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. Mrs. Woodcock moved to approve the Site Development Plan/Site Location of Development Act Modification. Mr. Burgoyne seconded the motion, which also carried 5 to 0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Item No. 5: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of May 21, 1996 Planning Board Meeting. The minutes of the May 21, 1996 Planning Board meeting were unanimously approved as printed. NEW BUSINESS Item No. 6: Request for a Waiver of 12 Parking Spaces in the Downtown Development District to renovate the third floors of the existing buildings at 43-45 and 47-49 Main Street into three residential units and add 1,800 sq. ft. of retail space. Bion Foster and Richard Vigue, applicants. Planner Osborne explained that the applicants met two of the criteria for the granting of a parking waiver in the Downtown Development District. First, there are a limited number of spaces (six adjacent to one of the buildings) which are currently used during the daytime for employee parking that could be available for residential tenants during non business hours; and, secondly, it is physically impossible for the applicant to provide any more parking on this site. Staff recommended approval. No one spoke in opposition. Chairman Myerowitz asked for a motion. Mr. Drummond moved to approve the request for a waiver of 12 parking spaces in the Downtown Development District. Mr. Burgoyne seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. 3 Item No. 7: Site Development Plan Approval to construct a 24,000 sq. ft. building located at 12V Ridgewood Drive in a General Commercial and Service District for use as an eye care center. Craig Young, M.D./Vision Care of Maine, applicant. Planner Osborne told the Board that the plans as submitted met all ordinance and submittal requirements and Staff would recommend approval. No one spoke in opposition. Chairman Myerowitz asked for a motion. Mr. Hall moved to approve the site development plan as submitted. Mr. Burgoyne seconded the motion, which carried 5 to 0. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Item No. 8: Planning Board Review of Correspondence and Other Communications From the Planning Office. Staff noted that the Planning Office had received a copy of a 60-day completion date extension by the Code Enforcement Office for Blackbeard's on Odlin Road. There being no further items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:53 p.m. 4