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Pawtucket council adopts rezoning for 10 Newport Avenue with neighborhood protections

Pawtucket City Council / Committees (combined) · March 26, 2026
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Summary

Council and ordinance committee approved rezoning 10 Newport Ave from single-family to commercial-general; owner agreed to a condition requiring a non-chain-link 6-foot barrier with a gated emergency access and a prohibition on commercial rear deliveries to protect adjacent residents.

Aleppo LLC requested that 10 Newport Avenue, long used as a retail pharmacy, be rezoned from residential-single-family to commercial-general. Planning staff recommended approval and members of the ordinance committee and city council reviewed the request in a public hearing.

Owner Mister Vitale (speaker 19) explained he bought the property to lease it to commercial tenants and described repeated occasions when prospective tenants abandoned deals because the…

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