AGENDA
Semi-Monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, February 28, 2023; 6:00 p.m.

Administration Building, Conference Room A
One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI

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Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting — Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Subcommittee Reports

Staff Reports

Applications requiring Special Exception for Council Review and Action:

2021-02-053 PLUM BEACH CLUB -- Modification of an existing recreational boating facility to provide for more stable floats. Work consists of relocating piles and raising pier 10” (to provide for 4’ of clearance at high tide). Replace the two seaward floats at the end of the facility (each 8’ x 16’) with two new floats each 9’ x 17’. On the north side of pier, replace two 4.5’ x 16’ floats with two floats - one will be 4.5’ x 12’ and the other 4.5’ x 16’. Total increase of floatage is 32 sf (i.e. total permitted = 400 sf, total proposed 432 sf). The facility as proposed will be within 45 feet of the town mooring field and 65 feet seaward of Mean Low Water (MLW). A Special Exception (ref Red Book 650-RICR-20-00-01 Section 1.1.8) is required to expand recreational facility in RICRMP designated “Type 2” waters (reference Section 1.1.5.A Table 1 (Type 2 Waters Matrix)), as any new recreational structures are prohibited in Type 2 waters. Located at Plat 41, lot 69; 255 Plum Beach Road, Narragansett, RI.

Applications that have been Out to Public Notice before the Council for Review and Action:

2021-03-090 RI COMMERCE CORPORATION – A 21.9-acre paved area in Quonset Business Park for parking and a future laydown area for port operations. Two new water quality infiltration basins are proposed to meet State stormwater management requirements. Approximately 10,000 cubic yards of excess material will be used to create 5’ high berms located east of the paved area and within the coastal buffer zone. A maximum 122’ buffer zone variance from the 150’ buffer zone standard is required for fill berms, pavement and stormwater features within the 150’ buffer zone. Located at plat 192, lots 10, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9; Thompson Road, North Kingstown, RI.

2022-06-127 4772 OLD POST ROAD, LLC -- Construct and maintain a 36 lot subdivision to be serviced by OWTS and private wells, new roadway, stormwater and landscaping. The proposal represents a “Watershed Activity” under the Salt Pond SAMP. The application also falls under the Freshwater Wetlands in the Vicinity of the Coast program/regulations. Located at plat 7, lot 51; 4772 Old Post Road, Charlestown, RI.

Enforcement Case before the Full Council for Review and Action on an Order to Restore:

2022-0089 NOAH GABRIEL – Require restoration of Plat Y-3, Lot 186, Daytona Avenue, Narragansett, RI which was the subject of unauthorized alterations of a freshwater wetland, as well as unauthorized filling and clearing of vegetation within a contiguous freshwater wetland located at.

Executive Session pursuant to RIGL § 42-46-5(a)(2) Litigation - Troiano v. Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, SU-2022-0164-A.

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