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Planning Board actions at a glance: minutes, meeting schedule, Camp Rocky Farm, Waites Wharf approvals

City of Newport Planning Board · June 2, 2025
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Summary

Key votes: approval of May 12 minutes; scheduling of a special meeting for June 16; adoption of a condition requiring City Council special‑event permits for third‑party rentals at Camp Rocky Farm and continuance of that application to June 16; preliminary approvals for Waites Wharf North and South subject to conditions and final engineering sign‑offs.

At the meeting the Planning Board recorded the following notable actions:

- Approved the May 12 meeting minutes by voice vote. - Scheduled a special meeting for June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pell School to continue several agenda items. - Adopted a condition that if Camp Rocky Farm is rented to a third party it must obtain a City Council special‑event license; continued the Camp Rocky Farm unified development plan review and special‑use permit to June 16 so staff and applicant can finalize condition language and engineering materials. - Granted preliminary special‑use permits and development‑plan approvals for Waites Wharf North and South, subject to staff and ITC/city‑engineer conditions including parking/event‑management plans, shared‑street materials and wayfinding, underground utilities, stormwater management and gated residential access; final approval to be granted by administrative officer after recording an administrative subdivision and receipt of final sign‑offs.

Votes were taken by voice; board recorded unanimous support for the procedural motions and for the approvals and conditions as reflected in the meeting record.