Zoning Board of Review Monday, November 03, 2025 07:00 PM Bristol Town Hall, 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://bristol-ri.municodemeetings.com/.  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, October 30th, 2025.

1.Pledge of Allegiance

2.Approval of Minutes - October 6, 2025

3.New Petitions

  1. 3A.November 2025 Staff Reports

  2. 3B.2025-35 Oscar I. DeLemos – Dimensional Variances: to construct a 20ft. x 28ft. two-story garage and living area addition, and a 24ft. x 36ft. single-story accessory dwelling unit (ADU) addition to an existing single-family dwelling with less than the required front yard on a corner lot and with less than the required lot area for an ADU within a new structure.  Located at 56 Thompson Avenue; Assessor’s Plat 22, Lot 110; Zone: R-10

  3. 3C.2025-37 Elise Ramos – Special Use Permit: to keep up to four chicken hens on a residential property within the Residential R-15 zoning district.  Located at 33 Sherman Avenue; Assessor’s Plat 123, Lot 431; Zone: R-15

  4. 3D.2025-38 Michael Hoffman / Reliable Pest Control, Inc. – Dimensional Variance: to construct a 14ft. x 40ft. addition to an existing commercial building with less than the required front yard on a corner lot.  Located at 6 Francis Street; Assessor’s Plat 37, Lots 36, 37 & 38; Zone: LB

  5. 3E.2025-39 Newport Electric Construction Corp. – Use Variance:  to install an approximate 48ft. x 183ft. accessory use solar canopy over an existing parking lot at Audubon Society of Rhode Island property within the Open Space (OS) zoning district.  Located at 1401 Hope Street; Assessor’s Plat 54, Lot 12; Zone: OS

  6. 3F.2025-40 Bristol Co-op, Inc. – Special Use Permit: to operate a cannabis retailer use within the General Business (GB) zoning district.  Located at 655 Metacom Avenue; Assessor’s Plat 94, Lot 7; Zone: GB 

4.Adjournment

Date Posted: October 20, 2025

Posted By: emt