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Planning board chair resigns amid dispute after council approves land-use ordinance
Summary
The Caribou Planning Board received a letter of resignation from its chair and members expressed frustration after City Council approved three land-use ordinances — including a cannabis-related ordinance — that board members said were advanced without fully adopting a proposed amendment or respecting planning-board recommendations.
The Caribou Planning Board on Tuesday acknowledged a letter of resignation from its chair and spent the meeting debating whether to press the City Council to rescind a recently approved ordinance that planning-board members say bypassed the board’s process.
The resignation was read into the record; board members called the departure “unfortunate” and said the chair is “no longer with us.” Planning board members said they had identified a candidate to fill the chair position but that the prospect withdrew after witnessing how the council handled a recent meeting.
The dispute centers on three ordinances the council approved at its last meeting, identified at the planning-board meeting as ordinances 1, 2 and 3. Board…
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