WINSLOW PLANNING BOARD

TOWN OF WINSLOW

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In accordance with Section 213 of the Winslow Town Charter, notice is hereby given that the Town Council will hold a public hearing in the Town Council Chambers, 114 Benton Avenue, Winslow, Maine at 7:00 p.m. on June 14, 2010 on the following proposed ordinances: 

1.    Ordinance No. 1-2010:  Providing for an Amendment to Winslow Zoning

                  Ordinance Article 4, Zoning Districts, by adding the

                  underlined language and deleting the strikethrough in

                  the attached Sections of the Zoning Ordinance. 

2. Ordinance No. 2-2010:  Providing for Regulating Commercial Displays of

   Nudity, Whereas the Winslow Zoning Ordinance does

   not address nudity with the attached addition Section

   14-83 regulating Commercial Displays of Nudity to The

                                 Winslow Zoning. 

Anyone having questions about the proposed order should contact the Winslow Town Clerk's or Town Manager's Office during regular office hours.

Pamela J. Smiley

Town Clerk, Winslow, Maine

Click to read Proposed Zoning Changes Yellow is new and Pink is removed   Proposed Map   

The Changes to the Zoning Ordinance are designed to promote development in the Growth Area close to Town services and to help reduce sprawl. It allows the Planning Board more latitude when reviewing Subdivisions and small developments, and should greatly reduce the need for Zone changes in the future.

These changes pertain to the combining of the Commercial, Highway Commercial, and Multi-Family Residential Districts to the new Low Mixed Use District, and the re-naming of the Low Density Residential, Highway Industrial District to High Mixed Use District.

These areas are essentially mixed use now, the new Ordinance will allow these to continue, however they must meet the requirements to co-exist (Blend) with the neighborhood.