Zoning Board of Review Meeting Monday, March 06, 2023 07:00 PM 10 Court Street, Bristol, RI 02809

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Scanned copies of all applications and supporting materials will be available on the Town of Bristol website at https://www.bristolri.gov/government/boards/zoning-board-of-review/.  Written comments may be submitted to the Zoning Board via regular mail addressed to: Zoning Board of Review, Bristol Town Hall, 10 Court Street, Bristol, RI 02809 or via email to etanner@bristolri.gov. Written comments should be received no later than 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

1.Pledge of Allegiance

2.Approval of Minutes: February 6, 2023

3.Continued Petitions

  1. 3A.2023-03 Larissa Laver, 103 Kickemuit Avenue (continued from January meeting): Special Use Permit:  to keep up to 10 chicken hens on a residential property. Applicant has requested to withdraw petition.

  2. 3B.2023-02 Christopher & Karen Ferreira, 1 Colonial Road (continued from February meeting): Dimensional Variances: to modify a previous decision to construct a 16ft. x 24ft. accessory garage with attached 10ft. x 16ft. carport by enlarging the proposed carport to 12ft 3in. x 21ft and connecting the structure to an existing single-family dwelling with less than the required right side yard and less than the required rear yard. 

  3. 3C.2023-08 Louis and Joan Cabral, 14 Union Street (continued from February meeting): Dimensional Variances: to construct a covered front porch addition to an existing single-family dwelling with less than the required front yard; and to demolish an existing 20ft. x 30ft. single-story accessory garage structure and construct a new 24ft. x 36ft. two-story accessory garage structure with less than the required rear yard and at a size and height greater than permitted for accessory structures in the R-6 zoning district. 

4.New Petitions

  1. 4A.

  2. 4B.2023-09 Daniel L. and Lillian C. Leeser, 12 Brookwood Road: Dimensional Variances:  to construct a 24ft. x 26ft. accessory garage structure and a freestanding decorative pergola structure with less than the required front yard on a corner lot; and with the garage at an overall size greater than permitted for accessory structures in the R-10 zoning district.  Located at 12 Brookwood Road; Assessor’s Plat 79, Lot 452; Zone: R-10. 

  3. 4C.2023-10 George and Lisa Voutes, 17 Shore Road: Dimensional Variances:  to remove an existing carport structure and construct a 22ft. x 27ft. single-story garage and mudroom addition and a 12.5ft. wide rear deck addition to an existing single-family dwelling with less than the required front yard and less than the required left side yard.  Located at 17 Shore Road; Assessor’s Plat 74, Lot 18; Zone: R-20.

  4. 4D.2023-11 Joan C. Prescott, 167 State Street: Dimensional Variance:  to construct an 8ft. x 13ft. rear deck addition to an existing single-family dwelling with less than the required left side yard.  Located at 167 State Street; Assessor’s Plat 18, Lot 41; Zone: LB.

  5. 4E.2023-12 Alfred L. and Karen M. Collins, 980 Hope Street: Dimensional Variances:  to construct an approximate 12ft. x 26ft. single-story addition and 12ft. x 18ft. deck addition to the rear of an existing single-family dwelling; and to construct an approximate 12ft. x 24ft. second-story addition above a portion of the existing dwelling with less than the required left side yard.  Located at 980 Hope Street; Assessor’s Plat 3, Lot 1; Zone: R-10. 

  6. 4F.2023-13 The Malverne Trust c/o Bart Kavanaugh and Betty Saks, Low Lane, Assessor’s Plat 166, Lot 16: Special Use Permit: to modify a previous approval decision to temporarily maintain four (4) prefabricated relocatable shipping / storage containers on a residential property with screening to be provided by a combination of a solid wood gate and evergreen tree plantings.

5.Adjourned

Date Posted: February 16, 2023

By: emt