Bangor upholds violation on resident’s fake slate roof

Bangor upholds violation on resident’s fake slate roof

Bangor officials upheld a notice of violation the city issued a resident for replacing the slate roof on his historic home with asphalt tiles after being told not to. The Bangor Board of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the city’s code enforcement office was right to issue Steven Farren a notice of violation for replacing the aging slate roof on his home in the Broadway Historic District. That’s because the new roof, which is a type of asphalt tha…