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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-13 20-214 ORDINANCETitle, Ordinance CITY COUNCIL ACTION Council Meeting Date: July 13, 2020 Item No: 20-214 Responsible Dept: Planning/Legal Action Requested: District Map change 20-214 07/13/2020 Map 38 Lot 169 and a portion of Lot 135 Map 46 Lots 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 Amending Chapter 165 Land Development Code to rezone approximately one acre of property located at the corner of Congress and Broadway and being 110 Congress Street, 118 Congress Street, 122 Congress Street, 318 Broadway, a vacant parcel, 322 Broadway, 326 Broadway, and a portion of 281 Center Street from Urban Residential District 1 (URD -1) and Government and Institutional District (G&ISD) to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD). Summary This ordinance will amend Chapter 165 Land Development Code to rezone an acre of property located at the corner of Congress and Broadway from Urban Residential District 1 (URD -1) and Government and Institutional District to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD). The applicant is Penquis CAP, Inc., who would like to construct elderly housing. The subject properties are currently used as residential dwellings. The applicant wishes to demolish the buildings and construct affordable elderly housing adjacent to St Joseph's Hospital. This effort is in keeping with the tenets of the 2012 Comprehensive Plan to seek partnerships with local institutions to create more elderly housing, as well as the Affordable Housing Workgroup Recommendations from 2019. The City Council also has a goal to seek locations for more housing units in the city, and having those units near services. Committee Action Committee: Planning Board Action Staff Comments & Approvals Meeting Date: July 21, 2020 For: Against: This effort is in keeping with the tenets of the 2012 Comprehensive Plan to seek partnerships with local institutions to create more elderly housing, as well as the Affordable Housing Workgroup Recommendations from 2019. The City Council also has a goal to seek locations for more housing units in the city, and having those units near services. City Manager City Solicitor Introduced for: First reading and Referral Finance Director CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE Date: July 13, 2020 Assigned to Councilor: Schaefer 20-214 07/13/2020 ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 165 Land Development Code to rezone approximately one acre of property located at the corner of Congress and Broadway and being 110 Congress Street, 118 Congress Street, 122 Congress Street, 318 Broadway, a vacant parcel, 322 Broadway, 326 Broadway, and a portion of 281 Center Street from Urban Residential District 1 (URD -1) and Government and Institutional District (G&ISD) to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD). WHEREAS, at present, there are limited elderly units in the vicinity of St Joseph's Hospital; WHEREAS, these lots are adjacent to the hospital; WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan states the city should encourage elderly uses, and this policy has been maintained through the to the previous year in other documents; WHEREAS, the Multifamily and Service District was created to allow for multifamily development located near goods and services; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT Chapter 165 of the Code of the City of Bangor Zoning District Map is amended as follows: The property located at the corner of Congress and Broadway (Map 38 Lot 169 and a portion of Lot 135; Map 46 Lots 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23), all as shown on a map attached hereto as Exhibit A, is rezoned from Urban Residential District 1 (URD -1) and Government and Institutional District (G&ISD) to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD). IN CITY COUNCIL JULY 13,2020 COrd 20-214 Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of July 21,2020 Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague, Supica,Tremble,Davitt Councilors Voting No: None Passed CITV CDtRK IN CITY COUNCIL JULY 27,2020 COrd 20-214 Motion made and seconded for Passage Motion made and seconded to Indefinitely Postpone Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague, Supica,Tremble,Davitt Councilors Voting No: None Passed to Indefinitely Postpone 73 HARLOW STREET, BANGOR, ME 04401 TELEPHONE: (207) 992-4280 FAX: (207) 945-4447 WWW.BANGORMAINE.GOV