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Tiverton directs administrator to provide letters of support for two Rhode Island Ready applications
Summary
Council directed the town administrator to send lot‑specific letters of support for two Rhode Island Ready industrial applications, with councilors emphasizing the letters do not bypass local planning or commitment to sell town land.
The Tiverton Town Council authorized the town administrator to provide letters of support to the Rhode Island Ready program for two separate applicant proposals tied to specific lots, after clarifying the municipal and procedural limits of such letters.
Solicitor and councilors emphasized the letters are lot‑specific and do not substitute for or circumvent local permitting. "Once enrolled, developers must still navigate…local permitting zoning and planning board approval processes," the clerk read from program guidance during the discussion. Councilors asked for confirmation that the letters would apply only to the listed parcels and that other landowners would have an equal opportunity to pursue the program.
The council directed the administrator to proceed with letters of support for the two applications as presented. Several councilors requested that any letter state explicitly that the support applies only to the parcels listed and does not commit the town to sell or rezone other properties.
Next steps: Administrator to submit letters of support; applicants must complete Rhode Island Ready application steps and then proceed with standard local planning and zoning review.
