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Planning commission recommends conditions to allow outdoor storage of empty shipping containers at Willow Properties

Cranston City Planning Commission · December 3, 2025
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Summary

The commission gave a positive recommendation to a zoning use variance for outdoor storage of empty shipping containers at a former Frito‑Lay site with conditions: containers must be empty, contain no hazardous materials, be limited to three stacked high and no more than 84 containers on site.

The Cranston City Planning Commission voted to forward a positive recommendation to the zoning board for a use variance that would allow outdoor storage of empty shipping containers at a Willow Properties site, with conditions set by commissioners.

Attorney David Johnson described the proposed operation for his client William Hogan as a temporary outdoor storage use: empty containers would…

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