Planning Board Meeting Thursday, September 11, 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:

Regular Meeting - July 10, 2025

Special Meeting - August 7, 2025

C.Old Business

  1. C1.*Applicant has requested a continuance until October 9, 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. 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 Preliminary Application for Fair Winds Comprehensive Permit Application – Proposal to construct 17 residential units with 5 of these designated as low-moderate income residential units and 1,859 square feet of commercial use within an existing garage/barn to be used as the property management office and property owner equipment storage building. Property has an existing 3-family building which will be retained for a total of 20 dwelling units on the property.   Property located at 206 Bayview Avenue.  Assessor’s Plat 47, Lot 3.  Owners: Fair Wind Properties, LLC.  Zoned: R-10

    Variances requested from the Zoning Ordinance for the following:

    Section 28-282 (d) Standards for Multi-family buildings:  Subsection 2 – distance between multifamily buildings on the same lot. Minimum required 25 feet and 10 feet provided; Subsection 3 – Distance between multi-family buildings and property line  Minimum 50 feet from side and rear property lines and 32.1 feet minimum is provided; Subsection 8 – not more than four contiguous townhouses built in a row.  Section 28-111 Table B – 80’ of frontage required and existing frontage is 72.50; Section 28-363 (2)(a)(1)Residential Density allows 15 residential units and 20 units are provided with 3 existing and 17 new units; Section 28-3 and Section 28-82 multi-family dwellings are not allowed and multi-family dwellings are proposed; Section 28-252 – non-conforming structures – the existing garage/barn on the property will be used for property management storage and office; Section 28-251 – size of parking spaces and aisle width -parking spaces are to be 10’ x 18’ and proposed parking spaces are 9’ x 18’ and aisle widths are to be 24’ wide and proposal is 20’ wide.  Waivers requested from the Subdivision and Development Review Regulations for the following:  Appendix F.2 (f)(1) Sidewalks required on one side of street in multi-family developments and no sidewalk is proposed.

  3. C3.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. 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.

  4. C4.Public Hearing and Consider Action on Minor Land Development/Adaptive Re-Use/Unified Development Application Preliminary Plan Phase for John J. Marshall: 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.Correspondence

  1. D1.Roger Williams University Master Plan and Campus Update, Summer 2025

E.Adjournment

Date Posted: August 28, 2025

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