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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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