HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-04-11 22-147 ORDINANCE22-147 04-11-2022
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: April 11, 2022
Item No: 22-147
Responsible Dept: Planning/Legal
Action Requested: District Map Change Map/Lot: 014/032
Title, Ordinance
Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, District Map, by changing the Parcel of Land addressed at 64
West Street from Urban Residence 1 (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 (URD-2).
Summary
Lynna Tupica of 64 West Street seeks to change the zoning for their property from Urban Residence 1 district
to the Urban Residence 2 District.
The property was noted as low -density residential. The neighborhood is zoned URD-1.
The Council has been dedicated to allowing for more units where reasonable and feasible for the last few
years and passed a policy to this effect. The 2019 recommendations from the accepted Affordable Housing
Work Group also indicate the City should seek to create housing units where possible.
Committee Action
Committee:
Action:
Planning Board
Staff Comments & Approvals
City Manager
Introduced for: First Reading and Referral
Meeting Date: April 19, 2022
For:
City Solicitor
Against:
Finance Director
22-147 04-11-2022
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: April 11, 2022
Assigned to Councilor: Davitt
ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, District Map, by changing the Parcel of Land
addressed at 64 West Street from Urban Residence 1 (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 (URD-2).
WHEREAS, at present, the neighborhood around the subject property is zoned URD-1;
WHEREAS, the City Council is dedicated to allowing more residential units where reasonable and feasible
WHEREAS, this effort is based upon a recent planning document from 2019, the Affordable Housing Work
Group;
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 amended by changing the parcel of land addressed at 64 West Street from
Urban Residence 1 (URD-1) to Urban Residence 2 (URD-2).
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Memorandum
To: Honorable Bangor City Council
Debbie Laurie, City Manager
From: Anne M Krieg AICP, Planning Officer
Date: April 20, 2022
CC: Courtney O’Donnell, Assistant City Manager
Tanya Emery, Director of Community and Economic Development
David Szewczyk, City Solicitor
Jeff Wallace, Code Enforcement Officer
Re: Planning Board Recommendation April 19, 2022
64 West Street - Map-Lot 014-032 - Urban Residence 1 District (URD-1) to Urban
Residence 2 District (URD-2)
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 April 19, 2022.
The meeting was conducted in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Members in attendance were the
Chair, Ken Huhn, and Members Reece Perkins, Don Meagher, and Ted Brush. Members Mike
Bazinet, Lisa Shaw, and Alison Coladarci attended by Zoom.
The applicant, Lynna Tupica, presented the application. She indicated the zoning change would
bring the property into compliance. She added there were other two-family residences in the area.
Member Perkin indicated he feels strongly this is spot zoning. The uses may be non-conforming in
the area but the zoning is all URD-1. He added his reading of the Affordable Housing Work Group
did not intend the city to rezone lot by lot. He thinks the city should overhaul the zoning in these
neighborhoods to be URD-2.
The Chair responded that the city needs more units. Adding URD-2 as requested now helps until the
Comprehensive Plan is finished and the zoning is re-written which takes time.
Member Shaw added that URD-2 is consistent with the uses in the area. She doesn’t see the
proposal as a radical change from the uses in the neighborhood so it isn’t spot zoning.
Member Meagher made a motion, with a second from Member Shaw, to recommend to the City
Council that the zone change ought to pass. The motion carried 4:3 with Members Coladarci,
Brush, and Perkins dissenting.
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IN CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 11, 2022
COrd 22-147
Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting on April 19, 2022.
CITY CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 25, 2022
COrd 22-147
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8 – 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt, Hawes, Okafor, Schaefer, Tremble, Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
CITY CLERK