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Planning board allows 19 Centennial Drive applicant to reapply to Zoning Board after revised parking plan, asks for fire-department review

5772256 · August 22, 2025
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Attorney John Kelty presented a redesigned plan for 19 Centennial Drive that reduces landscaped-area removal and adds parking; the Providence Planning Board voted to allow the applicant to reapply to the Zoning Board of Appeals, and asked that the petitioner consult with the fire department about turning radiuses.

Attorney John Kelty told the Providence Planning Board on Aug. 21 that he is seeking the board—s endorsement so his client can reapply to the Zoning Board of Appeals for changes at 19 Centennial Drive.

Kelty said the revised plan pares back earlier requests to remove landscaped strips and instead proposes cutting into a curvature area to add parking. "This is a matter that I had taken to the zoning board of appeals last month," Kelty said, and that the new plan "is changed enough and different enough, to deserve to be back before the board." He told members the earlier application had been denied by the ZBA and that the new design yields fewer lost…

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