Planning Board Meeting Thursday, October 09, 2025 07:00 PM Bristol Town Hall, 10 Court Street, Bristol, RI 02809

Note: If communications assistance is needed or any other accommodations to ensure equal participation, please contact the Town Clerk’s office at 253-7000. Anyone requesting interpretive services for the deaf or hard of hearing must notify the Town Clerk’s office at 253-7000, 72 hours in advance of the meeting date and anyone requesting assistive listening devices or wishing to speak on a matter designated “CA” (consent agenda) or citizens public forum on the council docket must notify the Council Clerk prior to the commencement of the meeting.

A.Pledge of Allegiance

B.Approval of Minutes - September 11, 2025

C.Old Business

  1. C1.

    *Applicant has requested a continuance until the November 13, 2025 Planning Board Meeting.

    *Review of Master Plan phase for Major Land Development of the Comfort Inn and Suites – to build an 80 room hotel (continued from September 2025): Property on south side of Gooding Avenue approximately 50 feet east of the intersection of Gooding Avenue and Broadcommon Road, near utility pole #218. Owner: D & M Boca Development, LLC Zoned: GB. Assessor’s Plat 111 Lot 1

  2. C2.Public Hearing and Consider Action on Minor Land Development – Preliminary Phase/Unified Development - proposal for construction of a 3,500 square foot building for a contract construction use in a General Business Zoning District that also requires a Special Use Permit (continued from September 2025): Property located at 670-688 Metacom Avenue, Assessor’s Plat 128, Lot 15 & 16, Zone: General Business and  Metacom Overlay District.   Owners/Applicants:  David Ramos and Lionel Ramos

    Waiver requested for sidewalk requirement along Metacom Avenue in front of Lot 15 required per Section 2.8 of Appendix G in the Subdivision and Development Review Regulations.

  3. C3.Preliminary Phase Review and consider action for the Major Land Development Application for Unity Park at 500 Wood Street: proposal to add surface parking to the rear of 214 Franklin Street and the northerly portion of Unity Park that fronts on Franklin Street.   Zone: Rehab LDP Zone with conditions and is within the Historic District Zone. 214 Franklin Street is Assessor’s Plat 29, Lot 54.  Unity Park is located at 500 Wood Street, Plat 29, Lot 1.   Owner of Lot 1: Unity Park, LLC / Owner of Lot 54: 214 Franklin LLC/ Applicant: Unity Park, LLC

  4. C4.Public Hearing and Consider Action on Minor Land Development/Adaptive Re-Use/Unified Development Application Preliminary Plan Phase for John J. Marshall (continued from September 2025): to convert two historic manufacturing buildings at 18 Burnside Street & 1 Resolute Lane, into seven (7)  residential dwelling units.  Variance required for residential density in the Manufacturing Zone which has an underlying residential density of 0.   Assessor’s Plat 16, Lot 48 & 39, Zone: Manufacturing and within the Historic District.  Owner: Halsey C. Herreshoff Trustee/Applicant: John J. Marshall

D.Adjournment

Date Posted: October 3, 2025

Posted By: mbw