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Zoning board sends Block Island Water District well‑field building proposal to planning and conservation; hearing set for Sept. 24
Summary
Block Island Water District presented a special‑use application to place an unoccupied utility control building (approx. 20x30) at a well field on Payne Road (Plat 9, Lot 87). The board instructed referral to the Planning Board and Conservation Commission and scheduled the matter for Sept. 24.
The New Shoreham Zoning Board of Review considered an application by the Block Island Water District on July 23 to construct an unoccupied utility control building (described in the record as roughly 20 by 30 feet) to house electrical and mechanical elements for a well field located on Payne Road (Plat 9, Lot 87).
The district’s representative explained the water capacity expansion is a three‑phase project: wells (already drilled), treatment, and storage (with a storage tank now operational on the site). The utility control building would contain pump controls, valves and electrical equipment for the well field. The property is roughly seven acres and the proposed building is sited in the middle of the parcel.
The board and staff reviewed application checklist items in the record, including surveys, site plans prepared by Jeremiah and Associates, wetlands delineation verified by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and a Phase I environmental assessment. The transcript states the project is outside CRMC jurisdictional areas and that required documentation had been submitted while a number of waivers (landscape plan, traffic analysis, open space management) were recorded as requested or not applicable.
The board directed staff to send the application to the Conservation Commission and Planning Board for advisories and scheduled the item for the Sept. 24 meeting. No final decision was made on July 23.
