Where

Council Chambers
73 Harlow St., Bangor, ME 04401

Location from the city calendar. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the city's Agenda Center (opens in new tab) yet, 13 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The board will hold public hearings on a land development permit for a 6,070 sq. ft. training center and cold storage building renovation at 511 Maine Avenue, and on a minor subdivision and planned group development at 6 Bangor Mall Boulevard. The board will also discuss a proposed growth boundary change, a workshop on removing floor area ratio restrictions in the Downtown Development District, and updates on the Land Use Plan.

Agenda items

• Adoption of Findings & Decisions for 201 Odlin Rd and 8-10 Harlow St
• Land Development Permit Application - Major Site Development and SLODA Modification for 511 Maine Avenue (Map-Lot 001-001-G), City of Bangor Community Connector: new 6,070 sq. ft. training center, restoration of cold storage building, drainage/stormwater improvements, new parking and access drives
• Land Development Permit Application - Minor Subdivision Modification and Planned Group Development for 6 Bangor Mall Boulevard (Map-Lot 061-016-A), Waterstone Bangor, LLC: creation of a 0.54-acre and 6.24-acre lot from an existing 6.78-acre parcel
• Discussion of proposed Growth Boundary Change
• Workshop on removing the floor area ratio restriction from the Downtown Development District (DDD)
• Follow-up/thoughts on Land Use Plan updates

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 11.9 MB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 5, 2026.

Terms used here

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal law on access for people with disabilities.

first reading

The first time a council or board takes up an ordinance or other measure. It usually votes on it at a later meeting.

M.R.S.

Maine Revised Statutes, the state's laws.

M.R.S.A.

Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, the state's laws.

quitclaim deed

A deed in which the city or town gives up whatever claim it has to a property, such as one it took for unpaid taxes.

TIF

Tax increment financing: a district where some of the new property tax from development is set aside, for public projects or for the development itself.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

• Planning Board (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
• Planning Board Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF) (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center

First recorded by Bangor Publick on October 5, 2026.