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Bangor staff outline state-mandated zoning changes; residents raise design and parking concerns
Summary
Planning staff described required changes under LD-1829, LD427 and LD997 — including higher allowable unit counts, ADU expansions and options for off-site parking — and fielded public comment focused on design, parking and infrastructure capacity.
Planning Officer Ana Colette told the Bangor Planning Board on March 17 that a set of recently passed state laws will require the city to revise its land development code to allow greater residential density, loosen some minimum-lot standards and broaden where residential uses can occur. Colette said the city will implement changes in two rounds, focusing first on urban zones and then on transitional and rural zones.
The presentation laid out several concrete changes: allowance of accessory dwelling units on lots with one to three primary units; a statewide minimum ADU size of 160 square feet and a local maximum of 1,000 square feet or 50% of the primary dwelling; a new affordable-housing density bonus that can add up to 14 feet of building height in qualifying zones; an adjustment to subdivision triggers from…
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