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Plan commission approves 9 Clowwell subdivision after split vote, requires two single-family homes
Summary
The Cranston City Plan Commission approved a contested subdivision and zoning relief for 9 Clowwell, voting 4–3 to allow the project on condition that the property be developed as two single-family homes rather than a duplex; opponents cited state hardship law and comprehensive plan density.
The Cranston City Plan Commission on Wednesday approved subdivision and zoning relief for 9 Clowwell, authorizing the applicant to reconfigure the parcel into two separate lots on the condition that each lot be developed as a single-family home.
The request had drawn extended legal and policy debate at the meeting over whether the applicant had created the hardship that would justify dimensional relief. Commissioners voted 4–3 in favor of both the zoning relief and the subdivision approval.
The applicant’s attorney, Dylan Conley, argued the state’s unified development review process allows developers to seek subdivision and dimensional relief simultaneously and presented prior decisions he said had upheld that approach. Conley told the commission the neighborhood lot pattern supported splitting the parcel into two buildable lots and that the owner should not be penalized where municipal…
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