The Committee on Ordinance, chaired by Councilman Pedro Espinal, met on June 24, 2026, to consider six petitions related to zoning changes, text amendments, and institutional expansion. The meeting included public testimony, staff presentations, and votes on each item.
All votes were unanimous with no recorded opposition.
Good evening. Uh we will be studying shortly. So if you have not and you're here to uh testify on an item, uh please go right ahead and sign up on the item that you're here to um testify it on. Thank you. But we'll be starting shortly. Uh good evening, everyone. Welcome to committee on ordinance. Um Councilman Pedro Espinal. Uh Madame Clerk, would you please call the role? Chairman Espino. Present. You have four present one absent. You have a forum. Garrahee Esquire. John J. Garrahee Law LLC 2088 Broad Street, Cranston, Rhode Island, 02905, dated February 10, 2026, requesting a zone change for the property located on assessors plot 115, lot 626, 349 Killingley Street from R1 to R3. Thank you very much. The letter from CPC. So moved. Made by Councillor Peterson, second by Councilman Vargas. All in favor, aye. Aye. Opposed to a sabbat, thank you. And do we have anybody here? Mr. Azer, would you like to present on this first? And then we'll hear from the attorney. And while I do that, please give me the list of the people that signed up to speak on this item. Mr. Aza, good evening. Good evening, Mr. Chair, members of the committee. I'm the deputy director of the Department of Planning and Development. And uh this particular petition is for a piece of property on Killingley Street. It's currently zoned R1. It's a vacant lot. It is uh over. It's about 8600 square feet in size. It's uh very much buildable. Uh currently the back portion of this lot is in the C3 zone. Um but this sits between uh different zoning categories. R3 is across the street, and C three is directly adjacent to and behind the lot. And um uh under these circumstances, the comprehensive plan uh is is um uh says that uh a property when it's on the border of zones like this is eligible for a change in zone. Uh in this case, the applicant seeks to go to R3, three family residential. Uh that would be uh certainly allowed by the comprehensive plan. It would just involve dragging the R3 zone line across the street to encompass this lot. This would enable uh the development of uh three family house, and that um according to the applicant is the intention here. Uh so the city plan commission considered this, and they voted unanimously to support this petition. Thank you, Mr. Hazer.