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Council introduces two zoning ordinances, requests zoning-board counsel at next meeting
Summary
The council introduced two zoning ordinances — one concerning banquet facilities and one addressing a parcel on plat 23A — and asked that the zoning board’s legal counsel and a staff member named Brent attend the next meeting to explain the measures.
At its Jan. 14 meeting the North Providence Town Council introduced two ordinances amending the town zoning code: Ordinance 205-001Z, concerning banquet facilities, and Ordinance 203-002Z, amending the zoning designation for a parcel on Assessors’ Plat 23A, Lot 38. Both measures were introduced after motions to dispense with the readings and to formally introduce the ordinances.
Councilman Famagetti moved that the council introduce the banquet-facilities ordinance but requested that the zoning-board legal counsel attend the next meeting to explain the change; he later amended the motion to request that a staff member named Brent also attend. Council members approved the motion. For the Plat 23A item, members made a similar motion to introduce and to request attendance by zoning-board counsel and Brent; that motion also carried.
Why it matters: introduction places the proposed ordinances on the council’s legislative track; the council specifically sought legal and staff explanation at the next meeting to inform later deliberation and any subsequent vote.
Ending: Both ordinances were formally introduced and will return for further discussion or vote once the zoning-board counsel and staff have had an opportunity to present.
