BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 9, 2024
A Rockland couple has asked city councilors to exclude their waterfront Samoset Road neighborhood from proposed new zoning rules or scale back the rules, arguing that the changes would increase the likelihood of another landslide like the one that destroyed homes there in 1996. The zoning amendments Rockland is making are partially in response to state legislation passed in 2022, L.D. 2003, which requires municipalities to conform to standards meant to encourage more housing development.