The next regular Planning Board meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 13, 2012.

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Next Meeting Agenda Items:

DRAFT Model Ordinance for High-Risk Potable Groundwater Wells- draft ordinance

 

Recent Planning Board Decisions, Town Planner Memos, and other information:

Minor Residential Subdivision:  Preliminary Plan Public Hearing **Decision Letter**
Hearing Notice, Plan Layout (one sheet for easy download), (Full Preliminary Plan, Landscape Plan excerpt, and Narrative) Planner's Memo, Fire Chief Comments, Engineer Comments
“Carrs Pond Estates” Residential Compound – AP 2, Lots 12 and 6
--off Carrs Pond Road;  4 new residential compound lots proposed with private drive over existing house lot.
Applicant/Owner:  Carrs Pond Associates, LLC (Carmine D’Ellena, Steve Kent, Michael Kent)

Previous Meeting Agenda Items / On-going Items:

Pre-Application for Major Residential Subdivision: “Victory Woods” – AP 14, Lot 15-6
in preparation for Preliminary Plan application submission under the RI Low and Moderate Income House Act as a comprehensive permit* application
--off Victory Highway; 50 home subdivision with two roads and open space proposed
Applicant:  S.W.A.P., Inc.;  Owner:  Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation
Town Solicitor's Memo to Planning Board regarding status of conditions on the project, and a 'consistency with local needs analysis.'

Some previous memos, letters, and Planning Board, Zoning Board, and Court decisions on Victory Woods Comprehensive Permit application, which was submitted to the Town in November 2003:
1. Planning Board advisory opinion to Zoning Board on Comprehensive Permit application; and Supplemental opinion regarding sidewalks
2. Conservation Commission comments (2 memos, one informal)
3 . Zoning Board decision on the Low and Moderate Income Housing Comprehensive Permit application (to deny the application)
4 . Memorandum of Appellee, Zoning Board of Review re: SWAP, Inc. vs. The Zoning Board of Review of the Town of West Greenwich
5 . Department of Health letter dated February 10, 2005
6 . Town Solicitor memo regarding community well dated December 29, 2003
7 . Town Engineer comments, 6 memos
8. Letters from Blueberry Heights consultants (an abutter) January 7, 2004 and June 10, 2004
9 . Decision of the State Housing Appeals Board (SHAB) (to approve the application- overturned the Zoning Board's decision to deny)
10 . Consent Order State of Rhode Island Supreme Court (in response to the Town's appeal of the SHAB decision to approve the application)
11. Victory Woods layout plan- this is more or less the approved master plan at the time of the first appeal. The consent agreement provisions need to be added to this plan. This is the same plan that is posted at the top.

*NOTE: the RI Low and Moderate Income Housing Act (amended a few times since 1991-here is a brief history) established a 'one-stop shopping' type of application review process for housing developments that include at least 25% of qualifying affordable housing in order to facilitate affordable housing in the State. This process is called a 'comprehensive permit' (not to be confused with 'Comprehensive Plan,' and not to be confused with ‘Conservation Design Development’ see below ). It is called a comprehensive permit because the applicant only needs to appear before one local board to receive all the relief and waivers from all the local regulations, instead of submitting separate applications to all the applicable boards.  Please see the Affordable Housing page for more information about the Low and Moderate Income Housing law, and for an understanding of the context of the 'Victory Woods' residential subdivision application.

Proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance for Wind Energy Systems Memo , Second Memo , Policy Questions (draft)

Proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance for drive-through windows, fast-food, and restaurant parking Memo

 

 

 

Conservation Development (moved to Planning Issues page)

 

 

 

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