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Board approves Florey Properties permit with abutter-agreed conditions
Summary
The board granted a special-use permit and modest lot-coverage relief for 7 Champlin St., adopting seven conditions—including on-site stormwater mitigation, a new fence and disclosures restricting short-term rentals—after counsel said abutters had withdrawn objections following onsite review.
The Newport Zoning Board granted Florey Properties LLC the special-use permit and dimensional relief it sought for a recessed balcony, removal of a gazebo and an in-ground, below-grade patio that increases lot coverage from 26.5% to about 27.93%.
Applicant counsel J. Russell Jackson told the board that neighbors who originally objected met with the project engineer and the petitioner; as a result, abutters withdrew their objections after the applicant agreed to seven conditions. Jackson read those conditions into the record, which included on-site stormwater mitigation consistent with the submitted engineer’s plan, removal of vegetative overgrowth and an existing chain-link fence on the eastern boundary, construction of a new six-foot wooden fence, installation of a 12-inch berm and screening plantings, pruning five trees in the southeastern corner, a survey for a possible underground tank with removal if found, and a buyer disclosure limiting rentals under 30 days and requiring home-occupation registration.
The board adopted staff findings and the applicant’s agreed conditions and voted 5-0 to grant the petition. "Stormwater will be managed on-site consistent with the stormwater plan submitted by Prince Fee Engineering," Jackson told the board when reading the first of the conditions. The board’s approval included standard timing and notice-payment conditions.
