11/17/2015- 179 Congress St subdivision approved. Homeowner Associations Screw Buyer and residents. Private properties will be getting their run off. Approved by the City. Relinquishing responsibility through the ASSociation. Article below is from the Belfast corruption media promoter (same with local reporting by the Bangor Daily News and Pen Bay Pilot and TV media) Republican Journal- Village Soup. Media never investigates. They report what is fed to them by the corrupt officials and businesses.
Congress Street subdivision approved
The two issues related to a homeowners' association agreement that was still being drafted during a previous review as well as fire protection for the property.
A homeowners' association agreement has since been drafted, Thomas Fowler, civil engineer for the project, said Nov. 4. The agreement addresses such matters as maintenance and repair for a 50-foot right of way that serves lots 2 and 4, he said.
Fowler also said there are a number of fire hydrants within 250 feet of the property. Assistant City Planner Sadie Lloyd agreed the proximity of the hydrants satisfies city standards.
The subdivision is located at 179 Congress St., on a parcel of land slightly less than 5 acres. Property owners Megan and Daniel Britton are building a house and horse barn on Lot 1.
Lot 2 is about 1.7 acres, Lot 3 is about 0.17 acres and Lot 4 is 0.2 acres, after accounting for 34,100 square feet of freshwater wetlands on the property.
Restrictions on the property state Lots 3 and 4 may not be further divided. Lots 1 and 2 may be divided into no more than three lots each, which would be subject to additional review and approval by the Planning Board.
According to previously published reports, Lots 1 and 2 can have up to three dwelling units each, Lot 3 can up have up to two dwelling units and Lot 4 can have up to five dwelling units. A restriction on Lot 4 states its dwelling units must be contained in one structure. However, an exception would allow the lot owner to build a single-family home with a detached garage and an accessory apartment, Fowler said.
Planning Board members approved the final plan with a unanimous vote.
Published on Sep 11, 2015
See
www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com side bar page "179 Congress St" for
ongoing planning to "encourage" developments while Belfast Planning
plans slaughter of undesirable private properties, forcing site runoff
after site runoff to private properties- mapped be me. My property is
the last private property that takes the water slaughter from this
entire side of town. Targeted for development. Sites only have to
provide plans to get the water off their site. City floods us from there
and encourages neighbors to sue each other under Title 17, Nuisance,
Criminal to send accumulation water to another. Unless your Belfast City
Hall. Their motto- "Go Ahead, Sue You" Residents foot the bill for the
City Attorney protecting the wall of corruption.
Congress Street subdivision approved
By Ben Holbrook | Nov 17, 2015
Belfast — Planning
Board members approved a final plan to create a four-lot subdivision on
Congress Street after addressing two outstanding issues.The two issues related to a homeowners' association agreement that was still being drafted during a previous review as well as fire protection for the property.
A homeowners' association agreement has since been drafted, Thomas Fowler, civil engineer for the project, said Nov. 4. The agreement addresses such matters as maintenance and repair for a 50-foot right of way that serves lots 2 and 4, he said.
Fowler also said there are a number of fire hydrants within 250 feet of the property. Assistant City Planner Sadie Lloyd agreed the proximity of the hydrants satisfies city standards.
The subdivision is located at 179 Congress St., on a parcel of land slightly less than 5 acres. Property owners Megan and Daniel Britton are building a house and horse barn on Lot 1.
Lot 2 is about 1.7 acres, Lot 3 is about 0.17 acres and Lot 4 is 0.2 acres, after accounting for 34,100 square feet of freshwater wetlands on the property.
Restrictions on the property state Lots 3 and 4 may not be further divided. Lots 1 and 2 may be divided into no more than three lots each, which would be subject to additional review and approval by the Planning Board.
According to previously published reports, Lots 1 and 2 can have up to three dwelling units each, Lot 3 can up have up to two dwelling units and Lot 4 can have up to five dwelling units. A restriction on Lot 4 states its dwelling units must be contained in one structure. However, an exception would allow the lot owner to build a single-family home with a detached garage and an accessory apartment, Fowler said.
Planning Board members approved the final plan with a unanimous vote.
Published on Sep 11, 2015
Across the street from the site to show the infrastructure- "Ditch it to Laurie and call it the Morrison Brook. Fabricate a "natural waterway" though culverts, more ditching, under roads, under HIGHWAYS and back across, force the water slaughter to the 9 out of 12 flood zone A, flood plain private properties on Seaview Terrace. No rights of ways, no easements, 50 years of forced water slaughter and shutting down the residents rights and voice. No one shuts up Laurie Allen. For 5 years, they thought the Wall thought they easily could.
OH BOY- Listen to this video- didn't realize I taped City Employee Video Director Ned Lightner harassing me again to paint me as paranoid and conspiracy crazy. He has been doing this for 4 years, and used our personal friendship since 1969 and his community prominence in Bayside and Belfast to convince the public of the same. Who doesn't love "Ned"? Ted and Me.
Access to site plans or any City documents corrupted by officials are impossible to get. City Planner Wayne Marshall with holds them all and gives the kitchen sink minus the document requested. Tells all that the requester is too stupid to know what to look for in the stink, I mean sink of manure. I snapped away. Video Director Ned Lightner began harassing me, asking me if I thought that he was part of a conspiracy against me. Over the years, he has approached me many times with this same attacks. In emails as well. I told him I'm busy. City Planner Wayne Marshall walks in and was mad. Bet he'll never leave public documents out for the public to see again. He didn't think I'd get there before him. Another bombshell document is direction to the board to quell public speaking, recording and taping.
Below are pictures and documents.
Site visit 9/9/15 and pics of preliminary plan on the table in City Hall Chambers
City takes first look at proposed Congress Street subdivision planBy Ben Holbrook | Sep 05, 2015
Planning Board members will visit 179 Congress St. Sept. 9 as they consider an application for this subdivision of the property.
Belfast — Planning Board members are considering an application to create a four-lot subdivision on Congress Street.
The application, submitted by Megan and Daniel Britton, seeks to create a subdivision at 179 Congress St. on a parcel of land that is slightly less than 5 acres. Lots 1 and 2, which are 1.8 acres and 1.7 acres, respectively, would be used for agricultural and residential purposes, Thomas Fowler, a civil engineer who helped prepare the subdivision plans, told Planning Board members Aug. 26.
Lot 3, according to Fowler, is large enough for single-family use at 0.17 acres and Lot 4 is large enough for multi-family use at 0.2 acres.
According to preliminary subdivision site plans, the Brittons will have a house with an attached garage and a horse barn on Lot 1. Both of those projects are being permitted separately from the subdivision application.
“It is A-OK for this applicant, the Brittons, to come forward and ask for a building permit on the house even though the subdivision application hasn't started because, at present time, they own the whole [property] so what we've done is basically issued one single-family house permit on a four-and-a-half-acre tract of ground,” City Planner Wayne Marshall said.
“Should it be subsequently divided, it still falls well within regulations and so there was no reason to delay their ability to obtain a building permit,” he said.
Fowler said the property contains about 20,000 square feet of wetlands. As part of the proposed project, he estimated about 2,400 square feet of those wetlands would be disturbed for the purpose of constructing a road or driveway to access Lot 1 from Congress Street.
During a public hearing regarding the subdivision application, concerns were raised about stormwater drainage from the property, and suggestions were offered to Planning Board members about how to address those and other issues.
Formal stormwater management plans have not been submitted to the city, Fowler said, for two reasons, the first being because the “vast majority” of development drains to a stable drainage swale in Congress Street.
The second reason is that “the applicants [are] not planning to develop any of the lots themselves beyond their own home," he said.
Katy Green, who lives at 167 Congress St., said details of the subdivision plan are of particular interest because she and her husband have had to deal with significant amounts of water above and below ground on their property. A sump pump in her home runs year-round in a “basement that is constantly wet despite our best efforts,” and she said a public works crew had to increase the depth of a ditch along the front border of her property in an effort to contain heavy rain and snow melt events that cause minor flooding on the street.
She also requested that any manure storage be covered and manure spread in a well-buffered area.
To address those concerns, Green suggested placing restrictions on how much fill can be used in the wetlands on the property, establishing parameters for building envelope size, and requiring some form of mitigation, either through planting trees or having a retention system, among other options.
After the public hearing, Chairman Steve Ryan suggested postponing further discussion on the application, noting there were only three Planning Board members present at the meeting.
Before a motion was made following Ryan's suggestion, Planning Board member Roger Pickering requested the board conduct a site visit to view the wetlands on the property and get a better idea of what the applicants want to do with the property. Planning Board member Margot Carpenter also said she would like to see stormwater plans.
The board then voted 3-0 to table further discussion on the application and to conduct a site visit Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 5:15 p.m. Marshall said the public is welcome to attend the site visit but they cannot ask questions of the board or applicants at that time.
The application, submitted by Megan and Daniel Britton, seeks to create a subdivision at 179 Congress St. on a parcel of land that is slightly less than 5 acres. Lots 1 and 2, which are 1.8 acres and 1.7 acres, respectively, would be used for agricultural and residential purposes, Thomas Fowler, a civil engineer who helped prepare the subdivision plans, told Planning Board members Aug. 26.
Lot 3, according to Fowler, is large enough for single-family use at 0.17 acres and Lot 4 is large enough for multi-family use at 0.2 acres.
According to preliminary subdivision site plans, the Brittons will have a house with an attached garage and a horse barn on Lot 1. Both of those projects are being permitted separately from the subdivision application.
“It is A-OK for this applicant, the Brittons, to come forward and ask for a building permit on the house even though the subdivision application hasn't started because, at present time, they own the whole [property] so what we've done is basically issued one single-family house permit on a four-and-a-half-acre tract of ground,” City Planner Wayne Marshall said.
“Should it be subsequently divided, it still falls well within regulations and so there was no reason to delay their ability to obtain a building permit,” he said.
Fowler said the property contains about 20,000 square feet of wetlands. As part of the proposed project, he estimated about 2,400 square feet of those wetlands would be disturbed for the purpose of constructing a road or driveway to access Lot 1 from Congress Street.
During a public hearing regarding the subdivision application, concerns were raised about stormwater drainage from the property, and suggestions were offered to Planning Board members about how to address those and other issues.
Formal stormwater management plans have not been submitted to the city, Fowler said, for two reasons, the first being because the “vast majority” of development drains to a stable drainage swale in Congress Street.
The second reason is that “the applicants [are] not planning to develop any of the lots themselves beyond their own home," he said.
Katy Green, who lives at 167 Congress St., said details of the subdivision plan are of particular interest because she and her husband have had to deal with significant amounts of water above and below ground on their property. A sump pump in her home runs year-round in a “basement that is constantly wet despite our best efforts,” and she said a public works crew had to increase the depth of a ditch along the front border of her property in an effort to contain heavy rain and snow melt events that cause minor flooding on the street.
She also requested that any manure storage be covered and manure spread in a well-buffered area.
To address those concerns, Green suggested placing restrictions on how much fill can be used in the wetlands on the property, establishing parameters for building envelope size, and requiring some form of mitigation, either through planting trees or having a retention system, among other options.
After the public hearing, Chairman Steve Ryan suggested postponing further discussion on the application, noting there were only three Planning Board members present at the meeting.
Before a motion was made following Ryan's suggestion, Planning Board member Roger Pickering requested the board conduct a site visit to view the wetlands on the property and get a better idea of what the applicants want to do with the property. Planning Board member Margot Carpenter also said she would like to see stormwater plans.
The board then voted 3-0 to table further discussion on the application and to conduct a site visit Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 5:15 p.m. Marshall said the public is welcome to attend the site visit but they cannot ask questions of the board or applicants at that time.
8/21/2015 http://waldo.villagesoup.com/legalnotices/
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF BELFAST PLANNING BOARD
The City of Belfast Planning Board, at its meeting on Wednesday, August
26, 2015, beginning at 6:30 p.m. or as soon as practical thereafter, in the
Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall, which is located at 131 Church
Street, shall conduct a public hearing regarding an application from Megan
and Dan Britton. The Brittons have submitted a Preliminary Subdivision
Plan application to construct 4 lots on an approximately 4.5 acre parcel
located on Congress Street, Map 34, Lot 25.
Persons affected by this application are encouraged to attend the public
hearing and to offer comment. Written or email comment should be sent
to: Sadie Lloyd, Assistant Planner, City of Belfast, 131 Church St, Belfast,
Me, 04915. Email comment can be sent to: assistantplanner@cityofbelfast.
org. The Department of Planning & Community Development has a copy
of the application available for public inspection during normal business
hours, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday, at its offi
ces in Belfast
City Hall. Questions regarding the application should be directed to Sadie
Lloyd, Assistant Planner, at 338-1417 x 25, or at assistantplanner@cithttp://knox.villagesoup.com/media/Common/20/EF/1372097/74911_98649.pdf
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF BELFAST
CITY COUNCIL
The Belfast City Council, at its meeting of Tuesday,
May 5, 2015, beginning at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as
practical thereafter, in the Council Chambers of Belfast
City Hall, shall conduct a public hearing as part of the
Second Reading of a proposed amendment to the Belfast
Code of Ordinances, Chapter 102, Zoning, Article IV,
Description of Districts and Article V, District Regulations.
The proposed amendment involves changing the Zoning
District designation for a 4.5 acre property located at 179
Congress Street, Map 34, Lot 25, from Residential 3 to
Residential 2. The change will be shown on the Offi
cial
Zoning Map. The amendment was requested by the
property owners, Megan and Daniel Britton.
Persons who may be affected by this amendment are
encouraged to attend the May 5 public hearing and to
offer comment to the Council. Public comment also
can be submitted in writing or via email by the date
of the hearing. Written comment to:
Wayne Marshall, City Planner, City of Belfast, 131
Church St, Belfast, ME, 04915.
Email comment to: wmarshall@cityofbelfast.org.
The Code and Planning Department has a copy of
this amendment available for public inspection from
8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday – Friday, at its offi
ces
in Belfast City Hall. Questions should be directed to:
Wayne Marshall, City Planner, at 338-1417, x 25, or at5/15/15 minutes 179 Congress approved to re-zone to R2
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