Upcoming Zoning Board Hearings

The Regular April meeting of the Zoning Board of Review is scheduled to be held on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 6:00pm at City Hall, 2nd Floor Council Chambers, 43 Broadway.


April 20, 2026 Agenda:
April 20, 2026 Zoning Board Agenda

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Active Petitions

The following is a list of Active Petitions, with application materials. This does not represent the order of the next Zoning Board Agenda, nor which items are expected to be heard. Please see most recent agenda for information regading hearing dates.

CONTINUED PETITIONS

App. #2024-Jul-003 PETITION OF CHURCH OF JESUS SAVIOR OF NEWPORT, applicant and owner, 507 Broadway, TAP 06, Lot 009-4, (R-10 Zone) for a variance to construct a twenty (20) space parking lot to serve the Jesus Savior Church, not located on the same lot as the church. (Continued Generally)
 
*Amended App #2024-Nov-003 PETITION OF 640 THAMES STREET, LLC, applicant and owner, 640 Thames Street, TAP 35, Lot 226 (LB Zone), for a special use permit and a dimensional variance to convert one dwelling unit into a guest house containing a total of five (5) bedrooms without providing additional parking (4 additional spaces required).
 
*Corrected Amended App #2025-May-013 PETITION OF 594-596 THAMES STREET, LLC, applicant and owner, 594-596 Thames Street, TAP 35, Lot 213, (Limited Business Zone) for dimensional variances to construct a two-story rear addition, expanding an existing standard restaurant and creating a new one-bedroom dwelling, increasing the lot coverage from 46% to 60.3% (50% allowed); without providing additional on-site parking (6 additional spaces required); and seeking a variance from the commercial parking standards regarding aisle width and backing into a public right of way
 
App. #ZBR-25-74 PETITION OF SAMUEL HALLOWELL, applicant and owner, 5 Tyler Street, TAP 19, Lot 106, (R-10 Zone) for a retroactive dimensional variance to permit a parking space adjacent and parallel to the sidewalk with a dimension of 7.5’ wide by 18’ long (9’ wide by 18’ long required). 

Corrected App. #ZBR-26-4 PETITION OF MEND YOGA, applicant, BJA ASSOCIATES, LLC, owner, 283-287 Broadway, TAP 11, Lot 066, (LB Zone) for a special use permit to establish a commercial indoor recreation facility (yoga studio), and dimensional variances to the parking standards to not provide the 14 additional parking spaces required and the minimum lot size required for a commercial indoor recreation facility (3,633 sq.ft. provided where 10,000 sq.ft. is required).

App. #ZBR-26-14 PETITION OF AINA & JEFFREY F. PALLIS, applicants and owners, 14-16 Bull Street & 2 Central Street, TAP 21, Lot 032-6, (R-10 Zone) for dimensional variances to expand an existing, legal, non-conforming, detached 3-car garage by 3’ to the south, raising the garage walls located 1’ from the right (north) side property line (8.28’ required), demolishing a deck and constructing a new porch connection between the main house and the garage, increasing the lot coverage from 43.61% to 45.16% (23.44% allowed), and modifying a shed-roof dormer by reconstructing the dormer roof as a hipped roof, reaching a height of 32’-9” (30’ allowed).

App. #ZBR-26-15 PETITION OF FLEURY PROPERTIES, LLC, applicant and owner, 1 Cottage Street, TAP 25, Lot 064, (R-10 Zone, Historic District Overlay) for dimensional variances to construct a new one-car detached garage and a 288 square foot in-ground pool, increasing the lot coverage from 24.73% to 29.25% (20% allowed). 

*Indicates an objection(s) to the application


II. NEW PETITIONS
  
App. #ZBR-26-16 PETITION OF STAY NEWPORT, LLC, applicants, and THE JEAN M. SMITH REVOCABLE TRUST 2006, owners, 5 Lees Wharf, TAP 32, Lot 019 (WB Zone), for a dimensional variance to convert a 3-bedroom Guest House to a 5-bedroom Guest House without providing the required on-site parking (2 additional spaces required). 
 
App. #ZBR-25-110 PETITION OF 41 WASHINGTON, LLC, applicant and owner, 1 Cherry Street, TAP 12, Lot 036 (R-10 Zone, Historic Overlay), for dimensional variances to construct an upper-level greenhouse roof structure reaching a height of 44.2’ (30’ allowed), to construct a one-story addition to the east of the existing structure, and an attached deck, located 0.67’ from the Cherry Street front property line (6.92’ required), increasing the lot coverage from 59% to 71.47% (30.77% allowed). 
 
App. #ZBR-25-141 PETITION OF MARK & KATHERINE WATTS, applicants and owners, 64 Bateman Avenue, TAP 40, Lot 160 (R-10A Zone), for a dimensional variance to construct a detached accessory structure located 14’-10” from the Kerins Terrace front property line (20’ required). 
 
App. #ZBR-26-18 PETITION OF STEPHEN LANG, applicant, NARRAGANSETT VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC, owner, 10 Liberty Street, TAP 26, Lot 035 (R-10 Zone) for a dimensional variance to install two AC condensers 3’ from the right (south) side property line (5’ required).
 
App. #ZBR-26-19 PETITION OF RALPH AND LAURA WITT, applicants and owners, 7 Cottage Street, TAP 25, Lot 093, (R-10 Zone, Historic Overlay) for a dimensional variance to construct a pool equipment pad and related pool equipment 2.1’ from the south side property line (4.09’ required).
 
App. #ZBR-26-20 PETITION OF TOOTI PATZI, LLC, applicant, DAVID G. BAZARSKY REVOCABLE TRUST AND CAROL R. BAZARSKY REVOCABLE TRUST, owner, 7 Memorial Boulevard, TAP 29, Lot 050, (GB Zone) for a special use permit to convert an existing standard restaurant to a fast-food restaurant that would also offer small, private, catered dinners on certain nights between 5pm and 11pm. 
 
App. #ZBR-26-21 PETITION OF ANDREW & AVANI MCHUGH, applicants and owners, 2 Wheatland Court, TAP 37, Lot 036-4, (R-10A Zone) for a temporary use permit to place a recreational vehicle on the property temporarily to provide housing for the owners while they await construction of their new single-family dwelling. 
 
App. #ZBR-26-22 PETITION OF BRUCE & JANINE BROUSSARD, applicants and owners, 719 Bellevue Avenue, TAP 38, Lot 020 (R-60 Zone, Historic Overlay), for dimensional variances to enclose an existing three-level deck structure and construct an attached first-floor deck, located 27.16’ from the west side property line (40’ required, increasing the lot coverage from 17.72% to 18% (10% allowed). 

   
III. ZONING OFFICER MODIFICATION APPLICATIONS

App #ZMOD-26-4. PETITION OF RICHARD & LINDA AHERN, applicants and owners; 13 Hope Street, TAP 11 Lot 136, (R-10 zone); for a Modification to the dimensional requirement for permission to construct a new 2-story addition, increasing the lot coverage from 34.8% to 38.33% (33.38% allowed). (Comments by direct abutters allowed through 4/28/26)

 

RECENT AGENDAS and MINUTES

Agendas	Minutes
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