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Bangor planning board recommends against reclassifying Ohio Street after heavy public opposition
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and board questions, the Bangor Planning Board voted 4–3 to recommend that the City Council not adopt a staff proposal to reclassify Ohio Street from a minor to a major arterial; the council will consider the board's 'ought not to pass' recommendation at its next meeting.
The Bangor Planning Board on Jan. 6 recommended that the City Council not adopt a staff proposal to change the land development code definition of Ohio Street from a minor arterial to a major arterial, a definitional change that staff said would not make immediate physical changes to the road but would affect which conditional uses could be proposed there in the future.
At the close of public comment and after board questions, the board held a roll-call vote on a motion phrased as 'ought to pass.' The motion failed 4–3: members Brush, Hune, Jonas and Whitford voted no; members Hayes, Hobson and Chair Jonathan Boucher voted yes. The board's recommendation of 'ought not to pass' will go to City Council, which—if it wishes to overturn the board's recommendation—would need a two-thirds majority.
The proposal under consideration would remove Ohio Street and State Street…
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