The North Kingstown Planning Commission met on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM at Town Hall. The agenda included three routine items (a development plan review waiver, an extension for an affordable housing development, and a bond release recommendation) and a lengthy discussion on zoning ordinance and subdivision regulation amendments required to implement new state laws.
First item on the agenda item 3A development plan review waiver request request to waive development plan review for seven moons takeout restaurant to locate it unit 10 in the Kingston Plaza at 6757 Post Road North Kingstown. The applicant is here. Just so you're aware the process staff will walk us through the application. At that point, this may not have any questions. You may not have to do anything at all. It seems somewhat straightforward, but we'll see how it all works out. And if there's a need and you want to come up, you're welcome to put whatever you'd like on the record. But this may not be a need. Good evening. The application is for um basically a tenant fit out at the I'm gonna call it the tractor supply plaza. No, that's not the name of it, but it's how you will all recognize it. Um located at 6657 post road, and they are looking at the side building, not the building with tractor supply, but that side building. Um this property is in the groundwater overlay, and as you know, anything, any change of use, alteration, blah blah blah blah blah needs to come to the planning commission for review, um, unless they request a waiver of that development plan review. Being that this is only a tenant fit out, um we they've applied for this waiver request and they've shown that the septic is capable of this use at the site. Um so from a staff perspective, we are comfortable with this waiver request. Um, but you are the reviewing body, so you are the body that also has to um approve or deny the waiver request. There's a short staff report that's included. You've done a couple of these before, so I think you're familiar, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them. Uh Nicole, if I'm understanding this application correctly, I mean it's really just a change in the type of food that's being served from from pizza to I would agree. Yep. It's a takeout, it's not a sit-down restaurant either. They um included that information in their packet to you. And it's a thousand square feet for the unit. There's no public restroom and no seating.2. Or really it's only 8.2 that applies. That's correct. Yep. 8.1 is for informational purposes. Does anyone have any questions of staff? Anyone feel a need to ask any questions to the applicant? I don't think so. Okay, with that, would anyone like to make a motion to approve the waiver for development plan review for 7 moons takeout restaurant? I'll make that motion. The motion is there a second? I'll second it. Motion a second, any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you. I include all the time. Uh next, we have item three B, development plan approval extension request two, phase two, Langford Estates assesses plat 136 lot 30 off Driftwood Lane, and we've seen several of these recently. This is a request by right under the state statute. Um I know that they are required to make the application and come before us as part of it. Uh, but I think our actions are incredibly limited. This is for phase two of Linkford Estates. Phase one is the existing senior housing that is already constructed. And when it comes to affordable housing like this, there's a number of different funding mechanisms that have to fall in line for the the construction to happen. Um the applicant has indicated that they are very, very close to having that funding secured within the next couple weeks, uh, but they're concerned that the the date of getting that funding in their actual decision um expiration are close are too close for comfort. So they're requesting this is a second one-year deadline for um for the decision to be extended.