Before Manchester's boards meet: a hearing on 136 apartments off School Street, the Pine Street housing plan and a sign bylaw vote

Two Manchester-by-the-Sea boards take up housing proposals Tuesday night, according to their agendas, and the Planning Board may vote to send sign bylaw changes toward the fall town meeting.

Conservation Commission, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., on Zoom

• 0 School Street: a public hearing on a Notice of Intent for a 92,560 square foot, three story building with 136 apartments on the northern part of the property. The plan includes a driveway from School Street, some surface parking, a parking garage, utilities, outdoor space, stormwater work and native landscaping. The agenda also lists the project under orders of conditions, if the hearing is closed.
• 0 Pine Street: a hearing on a request from JAG Northeast Development Company LLC to confirm the limits of wetlands on part of Gordon College's Pine Street land. This is the same Gordon College land where the company has proposed apartments.
• A front porch request on Beach Street is listed, but the applicant has asked to continue it to the next meeting. The commission also plans to vote on changing its Nov. 3 meeting date.

Join on Zoom with meeting ID 864 2995 4600 (passcode 254357). Public hearings are the time for residents to comment.

Planning Board, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Room 5, and on Zoom

• A discussion with JAG about a possible housing development on the Gordon Woods property on Pine Street.
• Proposed changes to the Sign By-Law, with a possible vote to send the article to the Select Board for the fall town meeting warrant. The town has set a special town meeting for Nov. 16.
• The General District Planning Study and the downtown streetscape plan.

The meeting starts with public comment on matters not on the agenda. Zoom meeting ID 820 5139 1690 (passcode 374765).

Harbor Advisory Committee, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall, Room 5, and on Zoom

The agenda lists an incident update, a review of harbor rules and regulations, the start of budget season, boat excise data sent to the assessors, the drawbridge and project contracts that have been awarded. Public comment is limited to 3 minutes each. Zoom meeting ID 829 7580 0831 (passcode 066784).

Earlier coverage: Manchester sends housing plan to the state, hears smaller Pine Street apartment plan (Sept. 30), the last update on the Pine Street proposal. Manchester this week (Oct. 12), the town's other dates this week.