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Cranston staff outlines housing plan to meet state targets, commission hears questions on feasibility
Summary
Cranston planning staff presented a Phase 2 housing element that lays out strategies to meet a state-derived target for 2030, prompting debate over projected unit counts, the treatment of small/oversized lot rules and how to protect commercial land while expanding housing.
Cranston planning staff on Wednesday presented a draft Phase 2 housing element that aims to show how the city could meet the state’s housing-production expectations, including a 2030 target the staff described as roughly 1,367 units. Director Ashman told the Planning Commission the staff will circulate a draft in advance of the next meeting and submit an initial housing element to statewide planning for review.
“Moving full speed ahead with comp plan phase 2 as well as expediting work on the housing element,” Director Ashman said, adding the intent “is to submit this element to statewide planning directly as a draft for review, while we continue to work on all the other elements of the comp plan.” (Director Ashman first appears in the transcript at SEG 1033.)
Why it matters: the housing element will determine where Cranston proposes to…
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