What was decided

Approved a 30-lot subdivision off Parkside Drive, a site plan amendment for 46-unit senior housing on Barra Road, and a shoreland permit at 41 Bridge Road. A 3-2 vote approved a 1-year extension for UNE's marine research pier at 11 Hills Beach Road. Recommended City Council adoption of a data center ban, a front yard setback reduction, and new mobile home park setbacks.

Show all 10 votes in order

• Approved The September 2, 2026 meeting minutes as presented; passed unanimously.
• Approved 3–2 A 1-year extension of the 2025 approval for the Marine Research Science Pier at 11 Hills Beach Road.
• Approved A conditional use permit for a 1-chair barber shop at 351 West Street; passed unanimously.
• Approved A site plan amendment for a 46-unit low-income senior housing development on Barra Road; passed unanimously.
• Approved A shoreland permit to replace a legally existing non-conforming home at 41 Bridge Road; passed unanimously.
• Approved Subdivision Amendment #2 for Longboard View, a seven-lot subdivision at 781 Pool Street; passed unanimously.
• Approved The final site and subdivision plan for the 30-lot Woodlands Reserve off Parkside Drive and 268 Pool Street, with a front yard setback reduction from 40 to 25 feet; passed unanimously.
• Recommended City Council adoption of a definition of data centers that prohibits data centers within Biddeford; passed unanimously.
• Recommended City Council approval of reducing the minimum front yard setback from forty (40) feet to twenty-five (25) feet in several residential zones; passed unanimously.
• Recommended City Council adoption of amended setbacks for mobile home parks, with 10 feet from lot boundary lines; passed unanimously.

• Approved 3–2 Marine Science Research Pier extension at 11 Hills Beach Road A 1-year extension of the 2025 approval for the Marine Research Science Pier at 11 Hills Beach Road.
• Approved Site plan amendment for AVESTA Housing on Barra Road A site plan amendment for a 46-unit low-income senior housing development on Barra Road; passed unanimously.
• Approved Shoreland permit to replace home at 41 Bridge Road A shoreland permit to replace a legally existing non-conforming home at 41 Bridge Road; passed unanimously.
• Approved Subdivision amendment for Longboard View at 781 Pool Street Subdivision Amendment #2 for Longboard View, a seven-lot subdivision at 781 Pool Street; passed unanimously.
• Approved Woodlands Reserve 30-lot subdivision off Parkside Drive and 268 Pool Street The final site and subdivision plan for the 30-lot Woodlands Reserve off Parkside Drive and 268 Pool Street, with a front yard setback reduction from 40 to 25 feet; passed unanimously.
• Recommended Ordinance defining and prohibiting data centers City Council adoption of a definition of data centers that prohibits data centers within Biddeford; passed unanimously.
• Recommended Front yard setback reduction in several residential zones City Council approval of reducing the minimum front yard setback from forty (40) feet to twenty-five (25) feet in several residential zones; passed unanimously.
• Recommended Mobile home overlay district setback changes City Council adoption of amended setbacks for mobile home parks, with 10 feet from lot boundary lines; passed unanimously.

Also voted on

• Approved The September 2, 2026 meeting minutes as presented; passed unanimously.
• Approved A conditional use permit for a 1-chair barber shop at 351 West Street; passed unanimously.

Agenda

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Meeting details

Where

City Hall Council Chambers, Biddeford, ME 04005

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