Bangor planning board approves Penobscot Community Health Center expansion at 179 Corporate Drive with water‑fixture condition

The City of Bangor Planning Board on Aug. 5 unanimously approved a land development permit allowing Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) to add 6,440 square feet of building additions and associated site improvements at 179 Corporate Drive (Map/Lot R25‑017) in the Government and Institutional Service District, with a condition that an accurate plumbing fixture count be provided to the Bangor Water Department before building permits are issued.

The action, taken after a detailed staff review, presentations by the applicant’s engineer and a brief public comment, restores the shelter’s pre‑COVID bed capacity to 66 and adds four flexible isolation/quarantine beds and four transitional‑housing units, officials said. The board voted to find the application complete and to approve the project’s compliance with city land‑development standards for grading, drainage, parking, lighting, utilities, landscaping and other items required by the Land Development Code.

Why it matters: The project refurbishes and modestly enlarges an existing homeless‑service campus rather than creating a new facility, officials said, returning shelter capacity to pre‑pandemic levels and adding flexible isolation space that administrators say improves operational options. The…