Providence Zoning Board of Review 2022-04-13
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The Providence Zoning Board of Review met on April 13, 2022, to consider several applications. The Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting, approved three applications for special use permits and dimensional variances, and continued one application to a date certain.
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BUSINESS ITEM - APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE MARCH 9, 2022 ZBR HEARING
ApprovedMotion to Approve by: Mitchell. Seconded By: Scott. Members Voting in Favor: All. Members Voting Against: None.
RELENTLESS REALTY (Applicant/Owner): 27 Hawkins St, Plat 70, Lot 22, located in an R-3 Residential District. Application for SPECIAL USE PERMIT per Table 12-1 for a change of use from a single-family dwelling to use as a Parking Lot (Principal Use) pursuant to the regulations of Section 1202(V)(2) of the City of Providence Zoning Ordinance.
APPROVEDMotion to approve by: Strother. Seconded By: Mitchell. Members Voting in Favor: Strother. Mitchell, Rodriguez, Scott, Greenfield. Members Voting Against: None. Recuse: Wolf – not present for full matter. Conditions, if any: None. Vote: 5-0.
SUSAN LEAHY (Applicant) & SUSAN LEAHY, MICHAEL WHITE, JASPER WHITE, MICHAEL WHITE II & BRIGID WHITE (Owners): 185-187 Howell St, Plat 9, Lot 23, located in an R-3 Residential District. Application for DIMENSIONAL VARIANCE seeking relief from Table 4-1 of the Providence Zoning Ordinance requiring 5,000 sq.ft. of lot area to establish a 3-family dwelling. The applicant proposes to convert an existing 2-Family Dwelling to a 3-Family Dwelling on a lot with 4,000 sq.ft. of lot area.
APPROVEDMotion to approve by: Strother. Seconded By: Rodriguez. Members Voting in Favor: Strother, Rodriguez, Wolf, Mitchell. Members Voting Against: Greenfield. Recuse: None. Conditions, if any: None. Vote: 4-1.
PETER & SARAH BROWN (Applicant/Owner): 90 Benevolent St, Plat 13, Lot 128, located in an R-1 Residential District. Application for DIMENSIONAL VARIANCE seeking relief from Table 4-1 of the Providence Zoning Ordinance requiring a 6-foot interior side setback for lots more than 40 feet in width. The applicant proposes an attached garage addition to their existing single-family home that would result in an interior side setback of 3 feet.
APPROVEDMotion to approve by: Mitchell. Seconded By: Strother. Members Voting in Favor: Mitchell, Strother, Wolf, Rodriguez, Greenfield. Members Voting Against: None. Recuse: None. Conditions, if any: None. Vote: 5-0.
180 GMC, LLC (Applicant) and 75 EAST ST, LLC (Owner): 180 George M. Cohan Blvd, Plat 17, Lot 650, located in an R-2 Residential District. Application for USE and DIMENSIONAL VARIANCES seeking relief from the use limitations of Table 12-1 and the parking requirements of Table 14-1 of the Providence Zoning Ordinance. The applicant proposes to change the use of the property from an Educational Facility with Student Boarding to a Multi-Family Dwelling providing 71 dwelling units, and 26 parking spaces where 71 are required.
CONTINUED TO A DATE CERTAIN OF APRIL 27, 2022 AT 5:30 PMMotion to continue the matter to a date certain by: Wolf. Seconded By: Mitchell. Members Voting in Favor: Wolf, Mitchell, Strother, Rodriguez, Greenfield. Members Voting Against: None. Recuse: None. Conditions, if any: None. Vote: 5-0.
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