Providence City Plan Commission 2026-10-20

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the first. I'm gonna ask

the councilman. How are going?

I think we're good to go.

Oh, wait a minute.

See. I think we're good. Okay. Good afternoon. We would like to call this meeting of the Providence City Plan Commission to order.

Today is Tuesday, October 20. It is 04:49PM. We'll start with a roll call.

Noel?

Noel.

Dave,

What? Our deputy staff., deputy staff.

Sharon Gardner, legal counsel.

And I'm Michael, chair. We'll move into the approval of the minutes from the 09/15/2026 meeting. You all should have received these prior to today. Hope you've had a chance to review and see if there

was any edits needed. I did.

I Yeah.

Asked Joanna for clarification already because I was worried about the conditions in the in the last item on the agenda because they were vague in the in the minutes, but he assured me that in the in the decision, they were very detailed. Exactly what he said.

Right. And the reason it would... It was that way in the minutes is because there was a transcript attached. So that was all included in there, and it's included in the letter as well.

Alright. So that's all I had. Did anyone else have any... Or would we entertain a motion to access the minutes as drafted?

Make a motion to accept.

Alright. We have a motion. Do we have a sec?

We have a second. All in favor of the motions as drafted, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions?

The minutes carry. Next up, director's report.

Well, not too much to report this month other than, we have a new staffer. I'd like to introduce Amy Allen sitting there in the front row. She's just joined us a couple of weeks ago. She is a planner, comes to us from New Jersey, a recent graduate of Bruckers planning program.

That's great. Welcome. And with that, we'll roll right into the first agenda item. It is a minor subdivision, unified development review, public hearing for 111 Easy Street.

For commissioners, I'll provide a quick introduction as the applicant makes their way up. So this is a request to subdivide a lot that's about fifteen thousand four forty square feet into three lots. And this is in the RT zone where you're required to have lots with a minimum size of 5,050 feet. The applicant will meet that minimum lot size requirement, but they are seeking relief from the minimum lot width requirement as two of the lots do not meet that 50 foot lot width limit. So, yes, the applicants here, and they can tell you more about why this is needed.

Chairman of the commission, John Gary, on behalf of the applicant with respect to this application for 111 Beazey Street in Providence. For the record, first of all, let me say this is UDR development for providing notice to and to replace the advertising in the province journal. With that, we are providing your staff with an affidavit of notice with respect to those notifications. With respect to this application, Beezy Street, I I I like to also always start by kinda letting you know that I'm familiar with the neighborhood. My mother went to Beezy Street School.

She's 92 years old. So that's a here we go. So this is an application for a three lot subdivision. Lot size is being met in all cases. The existing lot, which has a single family dwelling on it, is compliant in all respects.

The two vacant lots, which are being created as a result of this subdivision, is compliant with respect to lot size, but a little bit short with respect to frontage. One of them is 42... No. I gonna say 42.9. And 42.9.

So you can see it's it's slightly undersized with respect to frontage, but but pretty close to the required 50 feet requirements. I asked mister McHugh here to testify that this is a a variant application. I don't know if that the chairman practices to swear.

Okay. Excuse excuse me, mister chairman. May I... Our staff... In in our staff report, we say that that the width is 39.7, 37.4, and 54.8.

And I believe that that's... Those are the the lot width as we require the lot width to be measured, which is at the front setback line. So when you talk about 42 and a half, I I don't think that's accurate based on your plans.

I I I think you're right. I think it says you're required to measure, and I noticed the back of 42, but that... It does at that at that angle of the frontage.

Right. Because you... Because if you were... If it was 42 and a half, that that might qualify for administrative modification, which I don't think I don't think this does.

I I

agree with you. Okay. Thank you. Yeah.

Thank you. Thank you, Paul.

Yes. We need to swear in any witness that would like to speak on this matter.

Can you raise your hand, please? If somebody swear the testimony about to give you

this matter will be the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing but the truth shall be gone.

I do.

Just state your full name for the record, please.

Michael McHugh, m c, capital h, u g h. Thank Thank you. Mister McHugh, we're gonna share this microphone, so please speak into it when it's your turn to screen. Alright. So, mister chairman, I...

I'd ask that mister McHugh be qualified as an expert in zoning. He has testified before this board as well as zoning board as well as other zoning board from State Rhode Island in Japan for the qualified by him.

And we've accepted him as such previously, and we'll do so again. Thank you. Thank you

very much. So, mister McHugh, you're familiar with the property located at 111 Bean 6th Street, which you're not?

Yes. I am. Familiar with the neighborhood.

Yes. I am. I visited the site and walked around the neighborhood.

Can you describe the proposal that's being presented?

And, again, mister Gary gave mentioned, it's a fairly large lot over 15,000 square feet on the existing house kind of on the right side of the property.