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Board sends Boston coastal application to planning and conservation, schedules Jan. 28 hearing
Summary
The zoning board referred Diane and David Boston’s special use and variance application (New Shore coastal zone) to both planning and conservation and scheduled it for the Jan. 28 meeting; applicants said they have a favorable preliminary CRMC determination and DEM approval for their ISDS.
The New Shoreham Zoning Board of Review voted to send the application by Diane and David Boston (Plat 19, Lot 35; Fire No. 1199 Coast Guard Road) to both the planning board and the conservation commission and scheduled it for the board's Jan. 28 meeting.
Why it matters: The application asks for a special use permit under Articles 3 and 4 (sections cited in the record as 314, 401 and 424) and variances under sections 113 and 314 to permit construction of an addition to a dwelling located in the New Shore coastal zone. The applicant team told the board they have received a favorable preliminary determination from the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and that their on‑site disposal system (ISDS) has been approved by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and that a landscaping plan was prepared in response to CRMC comments.
Board action and process: A motion to refer the application to planning and conservation and to schedule the public hearing for Jan. 28 carried on the board’s affirmative votes. Chair Kate Atwater Butcher made the motion; the board recorded the second and an aye vote. The board noted the item will appear on the Jan. 28 agenda after the advisory comments are available for review.
What applicants said: Applicant counsel indicated the house design itself had not changed materially since the last hearing but that the team had worked extensively with CRMC and DEM on buffering, ISDS approval and landscaping. The applicant filed a landscape plan and the ISDS approval with the application.
Ending: The board set the public hearing for Jan. 28 and will consider planning and conservation input before making a decision.
