2026-09-08 - Planning Board

Summary

Built from the Board's posted minutes, read in part (pages 5 and 6 were scanned and not read). Video captions have not been pulled yet.

Chair Lauren Niles was absent; Vice Chair Kate Kruckemeyer chaired; four votes.
Zone change IG to DR on Crescent St (ZC 2026-8; North Country Production; a 120-bed residential treatment facility mixed with mill reuse) was denied 4-0 as spot zoning. See Crescent Street Treatment Facility Rezoning and Variance.
Zone change BL to BH on Pine St (ZC 2026-9) and a parking reduction on Dwight St (SP 2026-15) were continued to October 13 because the applicants were absent.
Final Comprehensive Plan presentation by the consultant Agency Landscape + Planning. Mayor Joshua A. Garcia was present and said the city will bring on support for citywide engagement; a resident asked what happened to the community feedback roadshow. See Zoning Overhaul and Comprehensive Plan.

Agenda posted on the city's meeting page; see Sources.