HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-05-23 22-196 ORDINANCE22-196 05/23/2022
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: May 23, 2022
Item No: 22-196
Responsible Dept: Planning/Legal
Action Requested: District Map Change Map/Lot: 49/1
Title, Ordinance
Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, District Map, by changing the Parcel of Land addressed at
208 French Street from Urban Residence 2 (URD-2) to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD).
Summary
The owners RSQ, LLC seek to modify the zoning for the property at 208 French Street from URD-2 to M&SD.
The current use is non -conforming multifamily units. The proposed use is bed & breakfast.
The 2012 Comprehensive Plan has this block split between high -density residential and commercial. The lot
functions as a transition from the downtown commercial area and the densely developed Broadway
neighborhood. Adjacent to this property is another bed & breakfast establishment.
Committee Action
Committee:
Action:
Planning Board
Staff Comments & Approvals
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City Manager
Introduced for: First Reading and Referral
Meeting Date: June 7, 2022
For: Against:
City Solicitor
Finance Director
22-196 05/23/2022
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: May 23, 2022
Assigned to Councilor: Okafor
ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, District Map, by changing the Parcel of Land
addressed at 208 French Street from Urban Residence 2 (URD-2) to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD).
WHEREAS, at present, French Street serves as a transitional street connecting the downtown business area
to the Broadway neighborhoods;
WHEREAS, there is a bed & breakfast adjacent to the subject property;
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 208 French Street
from Urban Residence 2 (URD-2) to Multifamily and Service District (M&SD).
Memorandum
To: Honorable Bangor City Council
Deb Laurie, City Manager
From: Anne M Krieg AICP, Planning Officer
Date: June 7, 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 June 7, 2022
Zone Change – 208 French Street – Map-Lot 049-001 – Urban Residence District 1
(URD-1) to Multifamily & Service District (M&SD)
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 June 7, 2021.
The meeting was conducted in the Council Chambers at City Hall and on Zoom. Members in
attendance in the Chambers were the Chair, Ken Huhn, and Members Reece Perkins and Ted Brush.
Members Lisa Shaw, Don Meagher, and Mike Bazinet attended by Zoom.
The applicant’s representative Tim Pease, Esq. presented the application. They wish to use the
property for uses allowed in the multifamily zone. They are currently renovating the interior of the
property to meet building code requirements.
Member Perkins indicated that this change makes sense. Adjacent to this property is other
multifamily zoned properties as well as the Downtown Development District properties.
The Chair noted an email received regarding the application.
Member Brush made a motion to recommend to the City Council that the application for a district
change ought to pass. Member Shaw seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously by the
members present at 6:0.
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IN CITY COUNCIL
MAY 23, 2022
COrd 22-196
Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of June 7, 2022
Vote: 6 – 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt, Hawes, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague, Fournier
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
CITY CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 13, 2022
COrd 22-196
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 7 – 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt, Hawes, Schaefer, Sprague, Tremble, Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
CITY CLERK