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Middletown planning board to hold special public hearing on zoning and subdivision changes required by new state housing laws
Summary
Planning staff walked the board through draft edits to multiple zoning and subdivision sections to comply with 2025 Rhode Island legislation; the board agreed to schedule a special public hearing and to place related zoning amendments on the hearing agenda.
Planning staff presented draft amendments to multiple sections of the Middletown zoning ordinance and subdivision and land‑development regulations required by recent Rhode Island legislation (bills H5794, H5795, H5801). The Planning Board agreed to schedule a special public hearing to take public comment and then forward recommendations to the Town Council.
Staff said some of the edits are required by state law and others relocate or clarify existing text. Notable changes discussed included: making the pre‑application meeting optional (per state direction), giving the town discretion to adopt density limits for adaptive reuse of commercial buildings (staff suggested one possible metric of one unit per 3,000 square feet of land…
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