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Smithfield council approves reduced-density Colleges at Battery plan, special-use permits
Summary
Town Council approved a proffer amendment and two special-use permits for the Colleges at Battery development, reducing the previously approved density and clearing the project to proceed toward site-plan review amid concerns about traffic, school impacts and proffers.
Smithfield Town Council on Monday voted to approve a proffer amendment and two special-use permits for the Colleges at Battery project, cutting the proposed number of units and allowing the developer to proceed to site-plan review.
The action matters because the revised plan reduces the formerly approved project from 150 units to 104 single‑family attached condominium dwellings and includes a series of proffers and conditions council said are intended to address neighborhood concerns about design and maintenance.
Planning staff described the application as a proffer amendment to allow 104 single‑family attached condominium units under zoning article 3 f b 2, plus two special‑use permits for deviations from standards on recreational‑vehicle parking and the number of attached units. Tammy Clary, planning staff, told council the revised proposal “reduces the number of previously approved units by 46 units, and does provide additional housing within town.”
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