Planning Board Meeting Thursday, September 12, 2024 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 - July 18, 2024

C.New Business

  1. C1.Public Hearing and Modified Master Plan and Preliminary Plan Phase and Unified Development Review and possible action on same.  Application for an Adaptive Re-use/Unified Development of the former Oliver School.  Proposal to convert the former school into 11 apartments. Property located at 151 State Street, Assessor’s Plat 18, Lot 42, Zone: Residential R-6. Owner/Applicant: State Street 151, LLC, President: Louis Cabral, 304 Church Pond Drive, Tiverton, RI 02878.   Applicant proposes 2 deed restricted affordable units and 3 were approved as part of the Master Plan approval.  Zoning dimensional variances required for size of off-street parking spaces, parking lot and aisle width, and for off-street parking spaces within 10 feet of the front lot line.   Waiver also requested from Regulation checklist Item E26 - submission of a photometric plan since only on-site building lighting is proposed

  2. C2.Public Hearing and Master Plan Phase review and possible action on same for Major Land Development for proposal to construct a new Mt. Hope High School, including new tennis courts and athletic fields, at 199 Chestnut Street and to demolish the existing high school building. Owner: Town of Bristol / Applicant: Bristol Warren Regional School District/Lisa Pecora, Perkins Eastman, applicant representative.  Zoned: Public Institutional.  Assessor’s Plat 117 Lots   3-7.  The Applicant has requested waivers of State permits that are required for submission at the Preliminary Plan stage of review pursuant to State Law and the Regulations.  Specifically, in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Regulations and the Major Land Development Checklist item No. E7, the Applicant has requested to proceed to Preliminary Plan review with the following permits to be provided as a condition of approval to be submitted prior to Final Plan Review – Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Freshwater Wetlands permit, RIDEM Stormwater Construction Permit, and RIDEM Water Quality Certification.

  3. C3.Review Land Use Legislation from June 2024 with Assistant Town Solicitor and discuss option for  Inclusionary Zoning

D.Adjourn

Date: September 5, 2024

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