Providence Zoning Board of Review 2024-06-05
Minutes summary
From the minutes filed with the RI Secretary of State on July 11, 2024.
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The Providence Zoning Board of Review met on June 5, 2024, to approve the minutes of the May 8 hearing and consider three new matters. The Board approved an extension for outdoor dining at Los Andes Brasas, approved a special use permit for an outdoor patio at Courtland Club, and continued an application for Jose Amado Duram Castillo to July 10, 2024. The meeting then adjourned.
What the body took up (4)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE MAY 8 ZBR HEARING
ApprovedMotion to Approve by: MITCHELL. Seconded By: RYAN. Members Voting in Favor: All. Members Voting Against: None.
LOS ANDES BRASAS, LLC (Applicant) and LA BRASA REALTY, LLC (Owner): 712 Admiral St, Plat 118, Lot 174, located in an R-3 Residential District, requests that ZBR Resolution No. 2023-16, granting a special use permit for outdoor dining, be extended for a third period of six (6) months until October 28, 2024, pursuant to City of Providence Zoning Ordinance Section 1901(E)(2).
ApproveApprove, 5-0. Motion to approve by: MITCHELL. Seconded By: RODRIGUEZ. Members Voting in Favor: MITCHELL, RODRIGUEZ, MANIOTES, RYAN, GREENFIELD. Members Voting Against: None.
COURTLAND CLUB, INC (Applicant) and JASON SHECHTMAN & OFF BROADWAY PROPERTIES, LLC (Owners): 51 + 55 Courtland St, Plat 33, Lots 557 + 229, located in an R-3 Residential District. Application for SPECIAL USE PERMIT pursuant to Sections 103.B.1. and 2000.D. of the Providence Zoning Ordinance, to expand the existing Neighborhood Commercial Establishment by adding a patio for outdoor seating of approximately 950sf. This application is not for a new patio but to maintain what was approved and built pursuant to ZBR Resolution No. 2020-26.
ApproveApprove, 5-0. Motion to approve by: MANIOTES. Seconded By: MITCHELL. Members Voting in Favor: MANIOTES, MITCHELL, SCOTT, RODRIGUEZ, GREENFIELD. Members Voting Against: None. Recuse: RYAN. Conditions, if any: The applicant shall satisfy and maintain conformance with the use standards of Zoning Ordinance Section 1202.U.
JOSE AMADO DURAM CASTILLO (Applicant)and DURAN’S ENTERPRISE LLC (Owner): 77 Union Ave, Plat 37, Lot 479, located in an R-3 Residential District. Application for SPECIAL USE PERMIT pursuant to Zoning Ordinance Table 12-1 and Sections 1202.T. & 2006.B.2., and a DIMENSIONAL VARIANCE seeking relief from the Table 4-1 building coverage maximum of 45%, given a proposed increase from 49.6% to 55.25%, to expand the existing Neighborhood Commercial Establishment (Retail) with a 317 square foot addition.
Continuance to a Date Certain of July 10, 2024, ApprovedApproved, 5-0. Motion to approve request for continuance by: RYAN. Seconded By: RODRIGUEZ. Members Voting in Favor: RYAN, RODRIGUEZ, MITCHELL, MANIOTES, GREENFIELD. Members Voting Against: None.
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