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Council approves consent calendar, multiple event and food-cart licenses, appointments and administrative amendments
Summary
The council approved the consent calendar, event permits, multiple mobile food cart licenses, appointments to boards and several administrative ordinance amendments including short-term rental registration updates and a fee schedule change for Easton's Beach.
The Newport City Council approved a series of routine items including the consent calendar, event permits and several mobile food-cart licenses, and made appointments to advisory commissions. Councilors also approved administrative ordinance amendments addressing short-term rental registration and updated the general fee schedule for Easton’s Beach.
Key approvals included:
- Consent calendar: Approved by voice vote.
- Puddingstone Events / Belmont Chapel (event on March 9): Approved with the council noting the venue’s fire-code capacity (49) and instructing the applicant to comply with that limit.
- New and renewed vendor licenses: Examples approved included Get the Scoop (489 Thames Street), Newport Lobster Shack (150 Long Wharf), Wally’s Hotdog Cart (252 Olivet Lane, Middletown RI), Cluck Truck (256 Maple Avenue), La Costa Lobster and Tacos (186 Bellevue Avenue), Wiener Wagon (250 West Main Road, Middletown) and Amano Pizza and Gelato (181 Bellevue Avenue, #315). Mobile food-cart renewals were approved after brief discussion of neighbor concerns in Parati Park.
- Appointments and reappointments: Ellen Pinnock was approved as the City Council liaison to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission; Tanya Kelley and Stephanie Zinecki were appointed/reappointed to the Tree and Open Space Commission; William Sirth was reappointed to the Henderson Home Board for a one-year term.
- Short-term rental ordinance amendments: Council approved recommended amendments to sections 5.4.0.02 and 5.4.0.04, changing registration responsibilities to a short-term rental supervisor (moved from the city clerk) and adjusting the administrative process.
- Easton’s Beach fee schedule (second reading): Council approved adding nonresident motorcycle and moped passes and set a $150 fee for moped/motorcycle passes for nonresidents and $100 for residents age 65 and older.
- Residential parking: Council designated residential parking on Spring Street from Pelham Street to Mills Street, effective 24 hours a day.
All of the above measures were adopted by voice votes or recorded aye votes during the meeting. Several items drew short discussion: the Belmont Chapel event was temporarily pulled for clarification on capacity; mobile cart renewals prompted neighbor comments about Parati Park; the short-term rental change prompted public praise for staff work on registration technology.
