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Planning board approves routine minutes, continues two hearings and forwards CIP with no recommendation
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the North Providence Planning Board approved March 11 minutes, continued two development hearings (Smithfield Road to May 13 and Reynolds Avenue to June 10), forwarded the town CIP to council with no recommendation and approved a FEMA-aligned flood ordinance with formatting edits.
The North Providence Planning Board on April 1, 2026 approved routine minutes, continued several public hearings and forwarded a draft capital improvement program to the town council without a board recommendation.
The board approved the March 11 meeting minutes and continued the March 4 minutes to a future date. The board granted a continuance for a Smithfield Road five‑unit townhouse application to the May 13 planning board meeting at the applicant’s request to allow administrative modification notices (14‑day comment period) to run.
Separately, the board continued the Reynolds Avenue / North Howard application — a proposal to place two single‑family houses on one lot — to June 10, 2026, after neighbors raised flooding and berm‑maintenance concerns. The applicant agreed to provide DEM correspondence, DPW and fire‑department comments and a third‑party stormwater peer review before the next hearing.
On capital planning, the board declined to endorse the mayor’s five‑year capital improvement list, voting instead to forward the document to the town council with no recommendation because departmental submissions lacked sufficient detail and no department heads were present to explain priorities.
The board also approved a repeal-and-replace flood hazard ordinance based on the state/FEMA model language, asking staff to tidy formatting. The meeting adjourned after the board set the June 10 date for the Reynolds Avenue hearing.
Votes at a glance: approved minutes (5–0); Smithfield Road continuance to May 13 (5–0); Reynolds Avenue continuance to June 10 (unanimous); forward CIP with no recommendation (motion passed 5–1); flood ordinance repeal-and-replace approved (unanimous).
