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, JULY 8, 2020, 4:00 PM ***

IMPORTANT NOTICE — THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD REMOTELY

1. The public can watch the meeting live on Spectrum channel 1303 or by streaming it online at https://townhallstreams.com/towns/bar_harbor_me.

2. 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.

3. Participation in the public hearing on the proposed Land Use Ordinance amendment relating to vacation rentals (agenda item 6 C) will be done by Zoom webinar. To take part in that webinar, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82484264442?pwd=QTZRSHVxb1VyY1J5TEF4RFdwaGI3Zz09. You will be asked to provide your name and email address, and then you will be admitted to the webinar as an attendee (you will not be seen on video, but you will be able to see and hear the participants in the meeting including town staff and members of the Planning Board). When the chairman opens the public hearing portion, anyone wishing to speak should click on the "Raise Hand" button. The meeting host will then go through and allow each of the attendees to speak individually.

3. Members of the public who wish to speak about either item 6A (Coastal Computers) or 6B (Schooner Head Housing) are welcome to take part in the meeting via a conference call. To participate, call 288-1710 when the item comes up and when prompted enter passcode 0117511 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.

• Copy of application materials
• (Original application materials can be found under June 3, 2020 meeting header)

• Copy of application materials

• Copy of draft warrant article

PLANNING BOARD MEETING — WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020

Please note, this meeting was held remotely and broadcast via Town Hall Streams and Spectrum channel 1303. It can be viewed on the Town Hall Streams website.

• Final site plan
• Compliance letter
• Capacity letter from Police Department
• Sprinkler flow calculations
• Stormwater calculations
• For additional materials, please scroll down to submissions for May 6, 2020 Planning Board meeting
• (No new material submitted post-Technical Review Team review)
  

• Application for June 3 meeting
• Exhibit 16.1
  
• Exhibit 16.2a
  
• Exhibit 16.2b
  

• Supplemental material (for complete application, scroll down to May 6 meeting)
• (No new material submitted post-Technical Review Team review)
  

• Supplemental material (for complete application, scroll down to May 6 meeting)
• (No new material submitted post-Technical Review Team review)
  

• Supplemental material — revised site plan (for complete application, scroll down to May 6 meeting)
• DEP approval dated 5/27/2020
  

• Application, part 1 (sections 1-8)
• Application, part 2 (sections 9-17)
• Application, part 3 (sections 18-27)
• Supplemental material (post-Technical Review Team review)
  

Planning board meeting — Wednesday, May 6
Please note, this meeting was held remotely and broadcast via Town Hall Streams and Spectrum channel 1303. It can be viewed on the Town Hall Streams website.

• Transmittal Cover Sheet and Documents (Agenda, Site Visit notes, etc.)

VI. OLD BUSINESS
a. Public Hearing/Compliance Review for Site Plan SP-2020-02 — Bar Harbor Oceanside KOA
Project Location: 135 County Road — Tax Map 211, Lot 001, and encompassing ±2.63 acres of land in the following zoning districts: Town Hill Corridor, Town Hill Residential and Shoreland Limited Residential
Applicant: Bar Harbor Oceanside KOA
Owner: Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
Application: To construct a manager’s house and laundry/maintenance facility; to relocate the sewerage dump station, propane filling tank and dumpsters out of the County Road right-of-way and along a new camp road on the site; to demolish the existing old log cabin and other structures on the site; and to close one of the four existing curb cuts on County Road.

• Revised Site Plan
• Lot Coverage Calculations
• The above material was submitted after April 29 Planning Board meeting; for original materials, please scroll down to April 29 meeting documents)

VII. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Completeness Review for SP-2019-03 — 56 Cottage Street Parking Area
Project Location: 56 Cottage Street — Tax Map 104 Lot 327, encompassing ±0.45 acres in the Downtown Village II zoning district
Applicant/Owner: Karol A. Foss
Application: To develop a private, 42-space private parking area at the corner of Cottage and Kennebec streets. The project would use a single entrance/exit from the existing westerly curb cut on Cottage Street. No entrance or exit is planned on Kennebec Street. The project includes construction of a sidewalk-accessible landscaped esplanade along Cottage Street.

• Application
• Site Plan
• Supplemental Material
  

b. Completeness Review for SD-2019-03 — Destination Health
Project Location: 124 Cottage Street — Tax Map 104, Lot 159, encompassing ±0.16 acres of land in the Downtown Village II zoning district
Applicant/Owner: Destination Health, LLC
Application: To construct a two-story, four-unit apartment building (constituting a subdivision, by unit, under state statute) on the Brewer Avenue end of the parcel.

• Application
• Supplemental Material
• Site Plan
• Plan of Property, Stamped by Surveyor
• Maine Natural Areas Program response
  

c. Completeness Review for SP-2019-06 — Theede Pier
Project Location: 481 Eden Street — Tax Map 224, Lot 009, encompassing ±1.73 acres of land in the Village Historic and Shoreland Limited Residential zoning districts (the proposed project is located entirely within the latter district)
Applicant: Frenchman’s Bay Boating Co, Inc.
Owner: Frenchman’s Bay Real Estate Holdings, LLC (Steve Theede)
Application: To construct a new concrete retaining wall fastened to the ledge at the top of the bank with a concrete slab to hold the shore end of a 120’x6’ aluminum pier, with a 10’x10’ transition platform at the end of it to accept the ramp, which is at an angle to the pier. From there, an 80’x4’ gangway extending to two, 16’x24’ timber floats, moored with two granite moorings and chain.

• Application
• Overall Property
• Project Site Plan
• Lighting Information
• Clearance Letters
  

d. Completeness Review for SD-2019-01 — The Farm Subdivision
Project Location: The subject land is located off of Route 3 and Ledgewood Road, on the following tax parcels: Tax Map 207, Lots 43, 44, 56 and 58; Tax Map 208, Lot 81; and Tax Map 214, Lot 4. The land, totaling ±72.78 acres, is in four different zoning districts: Salisbury Cove Corridor District, Salisbury Cove Rural District, Shoreland Limited Residential District and Resource Protection District.
Applicant: The Farm, LLC
Owner: The Heirs of Chauncey McFarland
Application: The applicant proposes to construct a road and extend public utilities to create a 13-lot residential subdivision and retain approximately 30 acres of land in its current undeveloped state. 

• Application, with Site Plan

e. Completeness Review for PUD-2020-01 - Subdivision/Planned Unit Development (Village) — Schooner Head Housing
Project Location: Tax Map 253, Lot 011 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: Developers Collaborative
Owner: The Jackson Laboratory
Application: To develop a 44-unit residential subdivision in five buildings (one three-story, four two-story) on Schooner Head Road.

• Application, with Plans

• Transmittal package (agenda, minutes, staff reports)

Meetings

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