Middletown planning committee adopts subdivision rule changes, refers zoning amendments to council

The Town of Middletown Planning Committee voted to adopt proposed amendments to the town's subdivision and land development regulations that implement changes made by the 2024 session of the Rhode Island General Assembly and referred separate zoning-ordinance amendments to the Town Council with positive recommendations.

The committee's action covers three legislative updates identified in the staff memo as House bills H-79-49, H-79-50 and H-79-82. Town Planner Ron (name as recorded in the meeting) summarized the changes and told the board they are largely procedural, updating notice, application-review and performance-security provisions and removing municipal wetlands and septic setbacks now preempted by state law. "These amendments come out…