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At a glance: actions taken and continued items at the March planning-board meeting
Summary
Board approved minutes, accepted staff findings, granted a variance and preliminary subdivision for 0 & 6 Lucas Ave, forwarded zoning-amendment opinions to council, and continued the large Waits Wharf applications to April 7 for further testimony.
Key actions taken by the Newport Planning Board at the March meeting:
- Approval of prior meeting minutes (January 6) — motion moved and carried. - Acceptance of staff report as findings of fact for the Lucas Ave application — motion carried. - Dimensional variance granted for additional lot coverage (approx. 299 sq ft) for the merged 0 & 6 Lucas Ave lot, contingent on final subdivision plan approval — motion carried. - Positive findings under RIGL 45-23-60 and approval of the preliminary subdivision for the merged Lucas Ave lot — motion carried. - Planning Board forwarded a positive advisory opinion to City Council on a package of five proposed zoning-ordinance amendments (R4/R6 standards, R3 setback change, deck dimensional standards, alternates to zoning board, and temporary extended events permit process). - Waite's Wharf Unified Development Review (north & south lots) — the board heard extensive applicant testimony and technical evidence (planning, engineering, stormwater) and voted to continue the hearing to April 7 for further testimony and deliberation.
Several motions were recorded in the transcript as passed (the chair repeatedly announced "The ayes have it"); the meeting concluded with staff reports and an adjournment at 9:56 p.m.
