Planning Board

The Bar Harbor Town Council on March 16 declared a pandemic emergency and unanimously approved an emergency ordinance closing municipal offices to the public, and cancelling all non-emergency meetings, through at least Monday, March 30. The emergency ordinance can be viewed here.

Staff is working with applicants who are already in the Planning Board review process to continue advancing those projects forward within the parameters of town ordinance and state statute, using Zoom to conduct meetings. Anyone with questions about a pending or planned project is encouraged to contact Planning Director Michele Gagnon by emailing planner@barharbormaine.gov for more information.

This is uncharted territory for everyone — thank you for your understanding.

*** PLANNING BOARD MEETING — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020 AT 4:00 PM ***

IMPORTANT NOTICE — THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD REMOTELY

1. As the town and/or the state declaration(s) of emergency due to COVID-19 remain in effect, the meeting will be held remotely via the online video meeting platform Zoom, instead of in person at the Municipal Building.

2. This meeting will be broadcast live on Spectrum channel 7 (in Bar Harbor) and streamed online at https://townhallstreams.com/towns/bar_harbor_me. It will also be archived on the website for later viewing after the meeting.

3. The workshop session scheduled for immediately after the meeting will be broadcast live on the Bar Harbor Planning and Code Enforcement department’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/BarHarborPlanningAndCode.

4. Members of the public are welcome to take part in the meeting via a conference call. To make a comment or ask a question on an agenda item during the meeting, call (207) 288-1710 when the item comes up and when prompted enter passcode 0155229 followed by the # sign. The line will be muted until the meeting is open to comments and questions, at which time a staff member will come on the line and announce that comments and questions will be accepted. Anyone wishing to speak must stay on the line until that time in order to be heard. Only a certain number of callers can be on the line simultaneously, so in the event the line is busy, please keep trying until you get through. There will be sufficient time provided for all interested people to get on the line and comment or ask a question.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

III. EXCUSED ABSENCES

IV. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
The Planning Board allows up to 15 minutes of public comment on any subject not on the agenda and not a pending application before the board, with a maximum of three minutes per person.

V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. September 2, 2020

• Draft minutes

VI. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Completeness Review for SP-2020-04 (formerly SD-2019-05) — The Crossing at Townhill
Project Location: 1338 State Highway 102; Tax Map 227, Lot 16, totaling 2.0± acres of land in the Town Hill Business zoning district.
Owners/Applicants: Paul and Jane Weathersby
Application: To develop a single, new structure containing eight TA-2 units and to additionally convert two dwelling units in a separate, existing building on the property (“the Barn”) into two TA-2 units. The total number of TA-2 units on the property would be 10.

• Application
• Revised application, submitted 9/22/2020
• TRT report
• Applicant's response to TRT report, submitted 9/22/2020
• Staff report
  

VII. OTHER BUSINESS
a. Chapter 31 (Boards, Committees and Commissions), Article IX (Planning Board)

• Proposed changes (with tracking)
• Proposed changes (clean copy)

b. Planning Board Rules of Procedure

• Proposed changes (with tracking)
  
• Proposed changes (clean copy)

VIII. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA

IX. REVIEW OF PENDING PLANNING BOARD PROJECTS

X. ADJOURNMENT


Workshop Agenda
Bar Harbor Planning Board
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 — immediately after 4 PM meeting

IMPORTANT NOTICE — THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD REMOTELY

Note: The Sept. 30 meeting will be followed immediately by a workshop focused on density requirements and regulations in the town’s Land Use Ordinance, a continuation of a discussion that began at a workshop held immediately after the board’s most recent regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept 2.

No action will be taken during the workshop session, only discussion.

I. Discussion on density requirements and regulations in the town’s Land Use Ordinance

PLANNING BOARD MEETING — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020 AT 4:00 PM

Please note, this meeting will be held remotely and broadcast via Town Hall Streams and Spectrum channel 1303. It can be viewed on the Town Hall Streams website: https://townhallstreams.com/towns/bar_harbor_me.

VII. REGULAR BUSINESS

(Please note: Agenda Item VII. a. was withdrawn by the applicant on July 27, 2020)

• Application materials
• Project description (not included in link above)
  

b. Completeness Review PUD-2020-02 -Subdivision/Planned Unit Development (Outlying Area)—Schooner Head Housing

Project Location: Tax Map 253, Lots 10 and 11 on Schooner Head Road; encompassing a total of ±40.24 acres, according to town tax records. The subject land is all in the Village Residential zoning district.

Applicant/Owner: The Jackson Laboratory

Application: The applicant proposes a multi-family residential subdivision on Schooner Head Road. The first phase is the construction of 44units in one three-story and four two-story buildings. The project will include peripheral parking areas, internal walkways and communal green space. The project will connect to the town water system and use an on-site private septic system.

• Application materials

Documents