Exeter, RI Town Council Meeting January 20, 2026

Town Council of Exeter · January 28, 2026

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Planner frames comprehensive-plan basis for overlay

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Town planner (speaker 4) summarized how the proposal ties to Exeter's comprehensive plan (referred to as Exeter 2024/2044 in the record), noting goal 12.2 and other plan passages that call for protecting farmland and providing accessory uses to strengthen farm economics. He said he found 22 sites supportive of farm uses in his analysis.

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Public hearing on whether a parcel is eligible for Exeter's Farm Overlay (FOD); town planner and applicant summarized comprehensive-plan consistency and planning-board endorsement; many residents raised water, odor, traffic and deed-restriction concerns, and asked about notice and whether the overlay could allow a slaughterhouse; the planning-board had previously voted to endorse eligibility.

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