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Votes at a glance: Smithfield council approves package of housing-related resolutions
Summary
At its March 17 meeting, Smithfield’s council approved a series of resolutions backing state bills that would provide municipalities alternatives or limits to comprehensive permitting and address inclusionary zoning, density bonuses, manufactured-home counting, moratoriums and parking requirements; the measures were adopted by voice votes.
The Smithfield Town Council on March 17 approved multiple resolutions expressing the town’s support for specific state bills intended to give municipalities greater control over housing and development tools.
Resolutions approved included support for H7659 and S2421 (an inclusionary-zoning alternative to comprehensive permitting), H8281/S2895 (density bonuses), S2917/H8278 (counting manufactured homes as affordable housing), H8279/S2914 (moratoriums on some comprehensive-permit applications), and H8280/S2915 (parking requirements for comprehensive permits). Local legislators and sponsors explained how the companion bills would give towns additional options to limit large-scale density under comprehensive permitting and to promote more locally controlled inclusionary zoning.
Council members voted to approve each resolution by voice vote; detailed roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript. Several sponsors and legislators attended and described the bills’ mechanics and intent; the council said it will forward the resolutions in support to the General Assembly.
