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Planning Board
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.
Contact information for the Planning Board is located lower on the page, beneath the agenda and applications.
Meetings
- 1st Wednesday of each month at 4 PM in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Building (93 Cottage Street)
Agendas, Packets, and Minutes
- Agendas are available prior to the meetings.
- To view an agenda, click on the Calendar and select the meeting by date.
- Minutes are available following approval and signing.
October 27, 2021 Meeting:
- Agenda
- LU-2021-01 - Oceanarium and Education Center - Completeness Review
- LU-2021-02 – The Jackson Laboratory - Completeness Review
Minor Site Plan Review
- MSP-2021-05 The Jackson Laboratory – JAX Campus Circulation Upgrades Project
Governing
Documents
- Land Use Ordinance (Click here to review Chapter 125 of the Town Code)
- Planning Board Rules of Procedure (As amended February 6, 2019)
- Planning Board section of Chapter 31 (Boards, Committees and Commissions ordinance)
- Remote Participation Policy (adopted September 29, 2021)
Members
- Tom St. Germain, Chair
Term expires 2022
- Joseph Cough, Vice Chair
Term expires 2023
- Elissa Chesler
Term expires 2024
- Millard Dority, Secretary
Term expires 2023
- Ruth Eveland
Term expires 2024
Contact the Planning Board via email
planningboard@barharbormaine.gov
Please note: Sending an email to this address will go to all members of the Planning Board listed above, as well as town staff members in the Planning and Code Enforcement office: Planning Director Michele Gagnon, Code Enforcement Officer Angela Chamberlain, Deputy Code Enforcement Officer Mike Gurtler, Assistant Planner Steve Fuller and Administrative Assistant Tammy DesJardin.
If the message relates to a particular application before the Planning Board, that email will also be provided to the applicant. Any message sent to this email address is also considered a public record and may be subject to a request under the Maine Freedom of Access Act. Information that you wish to keep confidential should not be included in email correspondence to this address.
Contact information for individual Planning Board members is not provided, as anything sent to individual member(s) of the board and not all parties involved in the review of a particular application would constitute ex parte communication.
Applications
Schedule for applications and meetings:
- 2021/early 2022 Planning Board Schedule The deadline for applications deadline is 20 days prior to a meeting.
Planning Board applications:
- Change Of Use Of Non-Conforming Land Or Structure Within The Shoreland Zones
- Conditional Use Permit
- Extend A Non-Conforming Transient Accommodation
- Land Use Amendment
- Raze And Rebuild A Structure
- Relocation of Non-Conforming Structure
- Replacement Foundation For Non-Conforming Structure
- Site Plan
- Subdivision
- Sketch Plan Pre-Application