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Planning board extends conditional‑use permit for Eurovia quarry; board makes extension retroactive to prior permit end date
Summary
Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC received a unanimous, retroactive extension of its conditional‑use quarry permit for its 915 Ogden Road site; the board required the new permit to be retroactive to the prior permit's end date to avoid a lapse in permitted operations.
Bangor — The Bangor City Planning Board unanimously approved April 15 an extension of the conditional‑use permit for the quarry operation at 915 Ogden Road, granting the applicant a permit retroactive to the expiration date of the previous permit.
Sarah Caldwell, environmental manager for Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC, told the board the company sought a second extension of the quarry permit originally issued in 2017; the applicant said there are no changes to the approved operations and described the request as an extension rather than a substantive renewal.
Board members reviewed staff materials and environmental reports. The board considered setbacks, erosion‑control and stormwater requirements, and state air‑quality standards. Planning staff and the board confirmed the submittal contained the required documentation, including a site evaluator's report and engineering review. An assistant solicitor advised the board to proceed with a roll‑call determination on any potential conflicts of interest; one member disclosed he receives mail regarding adjacent property owned by a family member but affirmed no personal business interest in Eurovia, and the board voted that the member could participate.
Members asked whether the 100‑foot setback applied along the applicant's boundary where the quarry abuts property the company also owns; staff explained that certain setback provisions do not apply where the owner controls the adjacent land parcel. The board also discussed making the new permit effective retroactively to February 18, 2025, the expiration date of the prior permit, so there would be no period without an effective permit; staff and the applicant supported that approach and the motion adopted that language.
The board made unanimous findings across the standards for conditional use, erosion control, stormwater, and public‑safety items, and the motion to grant the conditional‑use land development permit — made retroactive to the prior permit’s end date — passed on a roll‑call vote.
Why it matters: The retroactive extension closes a gap between permit terms and authorizes continued quarry operations under the same conditions previously approved by the board and state regulatory standards.
