Planning Board — Portland, ME
Date: 2026-02-10
Time: 16:30

PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
 Joseph Zamboni, Chair
 Kelsey Robertson, Vice Chair
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM Michael Joseph Fox
Room 24 (Basement Level of City Hall) Brandon Mazer
 Nicholas Messina
and Zoom David Silk
 Austin Smith




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PUBLIC COMMENT INFORMATION

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AGENDA:

PUBLIC HEARING - 4:30 PM
1. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM
2. COMMUNICATION AND REPORTS
 Planning Board Rules Amendment
3. REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 27, 2026
 Workshop
 Text Amendments to Article 7 of the Land Use Code: Fox, Mazer, Messina, Robertson, Smith, Silk
 and Zamboni present.

 Public Hearing
 42 Atlantic Street: Fox, Mazer, Messina, Robertson, Smith, Silk and Zamboni present.
 Map and Text Amendments to the Land Use Code: Mazer, Messina, Robertson, Smith, Silk and
 Zamboni present. Fox recused.
4. REPORTS OF DECISIONS AT THE MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 27, 2026
 i. Remand of HPBR-002814; 42 Atlantic Street; LB Atlantic, LLC, Applicant. Silk motioned and
 Mazer seconded a motion to remand Certificate of Appropriateness HPBR-002814-2024 for 42
 Atlantic Street back to the Historic Preservation Board for the purpose of making and adopting
 findings of fact consistent with the orders of the Maine Superior Court. Vote 7-0
 ii. Map and Text Amendments to the Land Use Code; City of Portland, Applicant. Robertson
 motioned and Mazer seconded a motion to recommend the approval of the map and text
 amendments. Silk moved, and Mazer seconded, to amend staff’s recommendation to permit
 single-family dwellings in the mixed-use zones, thereby continuing their exclusion. Vote 3-3
 (Fox recused). The Board voted 6-0 for the main motion (Fox recused)
5. NEW BUSINESS
 i. Major Site Plan and Subdivision; 57 Castine Avenue; Habitat for Humanity of Greater
 Portland, Applicant. The Planning Board will hold a hybrid public hearing to consider an
 application for the creation of a nine-lot conservastion residential development (CRD)
 subdivision with nine single-family dwellings and community open space. The project is
 located at 57 Castine Avenue within the Residential Neighborhood RN-1 zone. A project and
 plan summary are available for viewing on the city's CSS Portal
 (https://css.portlandmaine.gov/) by referencing Plan Number PL-003433-2025.
 ii. Text Amendments to Article 7 of the Land Use Code; City of Portland on behalf of the Peaks
 Island Council, Applicant. This item is being tabled to a future meeting.




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