Site plan and developmental subdivision approvals were postponed for Bob Smith of Kennebec Landing, LLC, the owner of a former Bath hospital building at 9 Park St., now called the Midcoast Center for Higher Education.

Smith was hoping to create 12 more apartment units in the building, which is currently used as a mixed building space for businesses and tenants.

Curt Neufeld of engineering company Sitelines said the building’s 15 apartment units on the first floor, which were approved by the planning board last July, are under demand and the proposal will now bring more apartments to the second story.

“All the work is taking place inside the building. There are no site changes,” he said.

However, vice chairman James Hopkinson found Smith’s site plan and a subdivision plan to be incomplete for the planning board’s approval at Tuesday’s meeting. He added that the application seemed to amend an existing plan.

And although Smith said that subdivision was approved last year, Hopkinson said a new site plan and developmental subdivision plan would need to be submitted as the current project requires further subdivision, and last year’s approved application only applied to the construction of the 15 units.

Planning and development director Andrew Deci confirmed that the planning board considered a site plan and developmental subdivision plan for Smith last year, however, he said there was no plan that was signed off for new developments or subdivisions.

Board members agreed to table the application for at least two weeks, or until the next planning board meeting in October.

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