NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Bangor Daily News' website.
A change to zoning restrictions that will allow a family’s controversial proposal to open an RV park on rural land off Stillwater Avenue, was approved by the Bangor City Council. Cindy DeBeck, of Newburgh, has requested the change so that she can develop a seasonal RV park on 70 acres behind the Walmart on Stillwater Avenue. On Monday night, councilors voted 7-1 to accept the rule change that will allow RV parks, campgrounds, golf courses and driving ranges to be developed along certain rural sections of Stillwater Avenue. Bangor Daily News writer, Charles Eichacker, relays in his article, "The project plan, which DeBeck is still putting together, will now need additional approval from the Bangor Planning Board. She also plans to bring the project to a special city commission that can review and provide input on developments near the Penjajawoc Marsh, which borders DeBeck’s property." Bangor’s planning board also voted 4-3 last fall against recommending the more recent rule change, with some members raising concerns about the additional vehicle traffic that an RV park could bring to the congested sections of Stillwater Avenue. The commission also recommended that the planning board heed the city’s environmental protection rules when considering any projects near the marsh.To read more on the proposed RV park, click here.