Category: Planning & Development

Campground Rules Move Forward

By Gail Burnett A controversial campground ordinance moved one step closer to enactment Sept. 18 when the Sanford Planning Board voted to send it on to the City Council. The ordinance, revised after a Sept. 4 public hearing, would set a minimum size for any new campground at five acres and require a 75-foot setback and a 50-foot vegetated buffer from abutting property. Each campsite would have to be 200 square feet or larger and have off-street parking. Campgrounds could…

Projects Kept Planners Busy in August

A site plan shows parking spaces and other changes proposed for the Jagger mill building on Water Street in Springvale. Photo: City of Sanford By Kendra Williams The Sanford Site Plan Review Committee took a first look at the apartment project proposed for the Jagger mill in Springvale and approved changes to the Veterans Memorial Cemetery during their Aug. 20 meeting. Jagger Lofts would turn the historic mill on Water Street in Springvale into 80-85 apartments. Developers, who were also…

Planning Update: YCCC Expansion, Paper Streets

Clark Avenue and Camp Street By Kendra Williams At its July 17 meeting the Sanford Planning Board unanimously approved a proposed expansion of the Sanford Industrial Trades Learning Center at 60 Community Drive. The new addition will include welding labs, classrooms and office space. On July 2, the Site Plan Review Committee considered an application by RED LLC for an amendment to a major subdivision and private way that was created in 1922, to change 22 lots to five larger…

June Planning Update

Central Park Residences Plan Photo: ReinCorp By Kendra Williams Stenton Trust Building- The original developer has backed out of a deal, approved by the Planning Board in June of 2023, to develop the mill at 13 River Street into apartments. The Sanford Sewer District has requested an extension with the hope of finding another developer. At its June 5 meeting, the Planning Board approved the extension to redevelop the vacant mill building into 90 mixed income residential units with associated…

Planning Update May 2024

Solar Project Map Credit: City of Sanford By Kendra Williams Townhouse Solar: At its May 15 meeting, the Planning Board voted unanimously to table an application to amend plans for a solar power generation facility being developed by Townhouse Properties on Hanson Ridge Road and Angola Street. The plan now calls for a reduced footprint for the solar array. The board received and read into the record letters from three abutters who had objections to the project’s size and appearance.…