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West Warwick council authorizes study of residential lot-size rules, asks staff to probe setbacks and subdivision risks
Summary
Council member Al asked the council Nov. 4 to allow staff to study changes to the town's residential lot-size classifications and to return with recommendations focused on setbacks and subdivision safeguards.
Council member Al asked the council Nov. 4 to let staff examine changes to how the town classifies residential lots and to report back with options, including possible setbacks for accessory structures and protections against over‑subdivision.
Al said the current scheme "is something we've come up with and we're the only community to have it" and noted the town's zoning text dated to 1965 and revised in 1993. He proposed reclassifying lots by actual lot size (for example, 0–7,500 square feet as the smallest band, 7,500–10,000 as a second…
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