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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-09-27 21-348 ORDINANCE21-348 9/27/2021 CITY COUNCIL ACTION Council Meeting Date: September 27, 2021 Item No: 21-348 Responsible Dept: Planning Action Requested: Zone Change Map/Lot: 33/11 Title, Ordinance Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, District Map by Changing the Parcel of Land addressed at 350 Union Street from Urban Residence 1 (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 (URD-2) Summary This ordinance would change a .33 acre parcel of land located at 350 Union Street from URD-1 to URD-2. The property owners, Christina Murphy, Chee Sing Lee and Pamela Murphy, made this request as part of a planned project to turn an existing barn into a second residential unit on the property. The barn size exceeds the requirements for an Accessory Dwelling Unit in the URD-1 zone, and there is already a principal dwelling unit on the property. Though the building is not on a historic list, it is a significant building in Bangor's history, and saving and reusing the existing barn is a positive element of the proposed project. The 2012 Comprehensive Plan labeled this property as URD-1, and it is surrounded by URD-1, but there are many other existing two-family residences in the area. The policy of the City Council has been, in the last few years, to create housing units where reasonable and feasible. Staff Comments & Approvals Planning Board meeting October 5, 2021 City Manager City Solicitor Introduced for: First Reading and Referral to Planning Board of October 5, 2021 Finance Director 21-348 9/27/2021 CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE Date: September 27, 2021 Assigned to Councilor: Sprague ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, District Map by Changing the Parcel of Land addressed at 350 Union Street from Urban Residence 1 (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 (URD-2). WHEREAS, the buildings at 350 Union Street represent an important corridor development of residential homes in Bangor; and WHEREAS, it is common to reuse barns for residential units; WHEREAS, there are many other two-family residences in the area of 350 Union Street; and WHEREAS, the City Council has a policy to create new residential units where feasible; 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 is amended as follows: The Zoning District Map is hereby changed by changing the parcel of land at 350 Union Street from Urban Residence 1 (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 (URD-2). Said parcel contains approximately .33 acres in size and being more particularly indicated on the map attached hereto and made a part hereof. IN CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 27,2021 COrd 21-348 First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting on October 5,2021 CITY C ERK IN CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 13,2021 COrd 21-348 Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 7—0 Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt,Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Schaefer, Sprague,Tremble Councilors Voting No: None Passed ,-�-'D --j CITY 4ttERK 350 Union Street Zoning Map "' r/'uIIIOLII10 I / / r r L", ' v Q r! V IIIlIIIY` UIII'�III 111 ' 'ss'. s » dr �r ,I «r 4 / r r r "w l rr / r ... ., a ., i ... err r, „, � ,. i�lll�lll,� �111„ ��� f�� /// / /�//,/,rrr✓ � r ,r. �, n, ri , , ,' �,, URIII> r / S'�% 6, � r N s,III ally,,, IIIIII �I r /fir /, UriIII &S 116 %/ .;� // � ;Y d r „✓1 „„km a A'' i1Mre.. o / / ' � "m"' ,ra„ pry !s�/�/ r / �N� �r`✓4r,«, Ir / r ,i N' w v j it j M, "*, Mill../ r/ „rG&ISID I'lll G&ISID . . ... .. IRII> 1I �f� / �' ��III�III�; �II Nisi IIIIII « "i Ilflll r m �� / �^;rewr OND HAM fr,,,,, „� ,a, �1 ✓ �^ %, -' 1, . ";;,..... �,c �%/��%�f�'r%����/ i �i' ���af �u�,� %�� U�Ill�lll�„ l drr r U�III�III�, ECONOMICCOMMUNITY &_ DEVELOPMENT 1, CITY OF BANGOR. PLANNINGr DIVISION Memorandum To: Honorable Bangor City Council Deb Laurie, Acting City Manager From: Anne M Krieg AICP, Planning Officer Date: October 6, 2021 CC: Courtney O'Donnell, Assistant City Manager Tanya Emery, Director of Community and Economic Development Joshua Saucier, Assistant City Solicitor Jeff Wallace, Code Enforcement Officer Re: Planning Board Recommendation October 5, 2021 Zone Change — 350 Union Street — Map -Lot 033-011 — from Urban Residence 1 District (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 District (URD-2) — Applicant: Christina A. Murphy, Chee Sing Lee, and Pamela Murphy Please accept this memorandum as the recommendation from the Planning Board for the noted item The Planning Board considered this item in a noticed public hearing on October 5, 2021. The meeting was conducted in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Some members of the public, as well as the Assistant City Solicitor, attended on the city's Zoom account. Members in attendance were the Chair, Ken Huhn, Reece Perkins, Mike Bazinet, Don Meagher and Ted Brush. One of the applicants, Pamela Murphy, presented the application. They are looking to convert the existing barn to house a dwelling unit to create multi -generational family housing on the property. The Chair read an email received by a neighbor in support of the project. Member Perkins made a motion, with a second from Member Meagher, to recommend to the City Council that the zone change ought to pass. The motion carried with Huhn, Bazinet, Meagher and Brush in favor and Perkins dissenting. Member Perkins provided a minority opinion that he sees these requests as spot zoning. He reads the Comprehensive Plan as limiting multi -family to keep single family neighborhoods intact. His understanding of the Affordable Housing Work Group was to increase housing. He added that the Board should consider rezoning areas to URD-2 if that's what we want to do instead of piecemeal approaches. amk 73 HARLOW STREET, BANGOR, ME 04401 TELEPHONE: (207) 992-42SO FAX: (207) 945-4447 VVvVW.BANGORMAINE.GOV LTC John T. 9VacX4T 2 W. Broadway (Bangor, 914E To: The Community & Economic Development Planning Board / City of Bangor Re: 350 Union Street / Map -Lot 033-011 I strongly support the zone change for the property at 350 Union Street, Bangor. 0 5 The current owners of this property have upgraded over the last year and, have taken exceptional care to return the house to its original grandness. The zone change will provide total independence for an intricate part for the family members. There is more than adequate open space to allow for R-2 utilization. Our property abuts this property along the North / East bound. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call (#942-0318). Respectfully, John Mackay Lt. Colonel, USACE, Retired