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Planning board recommends contract rezoning at former Martell School site on Lisbon Street
Summary
The board voted to send a favorable recommendation to city council to rezone 860 Lisbon Street to a community business contract zone (reduced setbacks to 5 ft). Members expressed concerns about lot depth, traffic and pedestrian safety; two members voted no and their reasons were recorded.
The Lewiston Planning Board voted to send a favorable recommendation to city council for a contract rezoning at 860 Lisbon Street, the former Martell School site, allowing community-business uses with reduced front, side and rear setbacks of 5 feet.
Staff told the board that the site is a 3.2-acre parcel in the neighborhood business zoning district surrounded by community-business parcels and that the contract zone would align the property with the corridor’s existing character. Staff said required…
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