MAY 8, 2023-SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING NOTICE

SPECIAL MEETING

CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE

ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW

 

Date:                           Monday, 8 May 2023

Starting Time:           6:00 PM

Location:                    City Council Chambers

 

 

I.          Opening Statement by Chairman

 

Swearing in of the Zoning Officer: Edward Pimentel

 

 

II.         Seating of Alternate Member(s)

 

 

III.        Approval of Zoning Board Minutes

 

 

IV.        Zoning Officer’s Report

 

 

V.         Correspondence / Discussions

 

 

VI.        Staff Reports

 

A. Planning Department Staff Report – Previously Submitted

 

 

VII.       New Business

 

1. JOSEPH RUGGIERO and ORCHID MONTESSORI SCHOOL, seek permission to introduce a child daycare center operation, without complying with the respective side-yard and rear-yard landscaping buffer setback requirements, minimum separation from a potential hazard requirement, minimum off-street parking student drop-off requirement, stall dimension and aisle width dimensional requirements, and trash storage location, in addition to potential other dimensional deficiencies, for property located at 877 BROADWAY, being MAP 206, BLOCK 11, PARCEL 31, in a COMMERCIAL 1 DISTRICT.   (Dimensional Variance(s) - Petition No. 6927)

 

[Continued from 5 April 2023.  No testimony taken.]

 

 

VIII.      Procedures

 

A. Discussion on Motion Forms.

 

B. Discussion on the Zoning Application Instructional Package.

 

C. Discussion on Rules and Procedures.

IX.        Announcements

 

A.  The next regular meeting of the Zoning Board of Review is scheduled for Wednesday, 7 June 2023, at 6:00 PM, in the City of East Providence Council Chambers, City Hall, and East Providence, RI.

 

 

XII.       Adjournment

 

 

HOW CAN I LEARN ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL PRIOR TO THE MEETING?

 

APPLICATION/DOCUMENTS:  As part of the above detailed petitions, the applicants have submitted materials which are public record.  If you would like to receive a copy of the materials submitted to view before the hearing, please contacting the Zoning Office at (401) 435-7722, Ext. 1. 

 

You can also directly access all petition materials by following the below instructions:

 

In the web browser, type ‘www.eastprovidenceri.gov’.  Next, select the category entitled ‘Public Notices’.  Next, in the ‘Filter Bar’ located under the heading ‘Filter by Board, Commission or Committee’ scroll down to ‘Zoning Board of Review’ and select the adjacent button entitled ‘Apply’.  Next, select the hearing date (which should be the first available), and the entire agenda will then be presented.  Scroll down to the bottom of the agenda, and you will have access to all petition files in PDF form. 

 

 

HOW CAN I SUBMIT DOCUMENTS IN FAVOR /AGAINST THIS APPLICATION?

 

If you desire to submit documents, expert opinions, or other like material either in favor of or in opposition to the applications, you can do so by email to epimentel@eastprovidenceri.gov, or by regular mail by mailing to Ed Pimentel, Zoning Officer, 145 Taunton Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914 by 3 May 2023.

 

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