Agenda 2026-07-09

Town of
Portsmouth
Planning Board
Thursday –  July 9,
2026
7:00 PM
Town Council Chambers
2200 East Main Rd
Portsmouth, RI 02871

The Town of Portsmouth’s Planning
Board Meeting will be in person, live
streamed on the web and by phone
dial-in
using
the
Zoom
remote
meeting service. Please note that any
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Planning Board Agenda
1. Call to Order and Roll Call

1. Approval of Minutes

a. May 14, 2026

b. May_14_2026PBMinutesDRAFT
1. Elm
Street/Portsmouth
Heights Subdivision Progress
Report – At the January 8,
2026
Planning
Board
Meeting,
Harkins
Development Company was
granted
an
extension
to
February 12, 2026, to remedy
outstanding
work
to
be
completed,
being:
1. Installation
of
Concrete
Bounds, 2. Completion of As-
Built Plans, 3. Installation of
loam and see after the final
paving
to
complete
the
roadway,
4. Homeowners
Association
has
been
established.

1. Continued from April 9,
2026,
Planning
Board
Meeting.

1. Chapter 337 – Post
Construction Stormwater
Control – Discuss and

provide an advisory
recommendation to the Town
Council on proposed text
amendments regarding the
working draft for Post
Construction Stormwater
Control Ordinance, Chapter
337. 1. Introduced during January
8, 2026, Planning Board
Meeting.
2. Portsmouth PostConstrOrd
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Administrative
Officer/Town
Planner Report
1. Administrative Subdivision
of property located at 138
Sherwood Drive; being Map
46 Lot 19, property owned by
Richard Pellechio. The intent
is to subdivide Lot 19 into
two separate lots (lot 10 and

11) as detailed on the
Narragansett Engineering
Inc. Survey drawing.

1. Administrative Merger of
property located at 0 & 1526
West Main Road; being Map
51 Lot 34 & 34C, property
owned by 1526 West Main
Properties, LLC. The intent
is to merge the two lots for
the approved Self-Storage
Facility.

1. The Superior Court of Rhode
Island heard an appeal
brought by Arlene M. Rego
and Frank F. Rego
challenging a decision of the
Planning Board of the Town
of Portsmouth granting John
Carlone’s preliminary plan
application for a five-lot
minor subdivision located at
22 & 24 Dexter Street.
Jurisdiction is pursuant to

G.L. 1956 § 45-23-71. The
Board’s decision was
affirmed. Filed June 9, 2026.
Adjourn