Agenda 2026-04-09

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

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Planning Board Agenda
1. Call to Order and Roll Call

1. Approval of Minutes
• January 8, 2026
• JANUARY_8_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.

• Applicant has requested a
continuance to the June
11, 2026, meeting.

1. Request
for
a
Review/

Approval
of
the
Town’s
Community
Development
Block
Grant
(CDBG)
Application’s
consistency
with
the
Comprehensive
Community Plan and with
local development ordinances
and regulations, including
certification, to forward to
the Town Council.

• Recovery Housing at 79
East
Main
Road,
Community Blessings.
• 79
East
Main
Road
Recovery Housing memo
4.1.26
•  LOI
Community
Blessings
py23-24
PORTS_1
•  Resolution79EMR

Administrative
Officer/Town
Planner Report
1. Administrative Subdivision
of property located at 0
Route 24; being Map 8 Lot 3
and Map 13 Lot 9, property
owned by Rhode Island
Department of

Environmental Management.
The intent of the plan is to
move the lot line between
Map 13 Lot 9 and Map 8 Lot
3, so that 6.994 acres remain
with the cement plant, and
the rest of the property joins
the RIDEM land, Gull Cove.
1. Minor Subdivision of
property located at 582
Wapping Road; being Map
65 Lot 7, property owned by
Wapping Road Partners
LLC and prepared for
Aquidneck Island Land
Trust. The intent of the plan
is to create a 1 acre parcel
fronting on Wapping Road;
the remaining parcel will be
20.44 acres.  A minor
subdivision that does not
involve a street creation or
extension or variances can be
administratively approved.
1. Correspondence – The
Department of
Environmental
Management’s (“DEM”)
Freshwater Wetlands

Program (“Program”) has
under consideration the
application of the Aquidneck
Country Club, Inc., of 125
Corys Lane, Portsmouth, RI
is requesting permission to
alter freshwater wetlands in
the Town of Portsmouth, RI.
• Conservation Comm
Letter to DEM
1. The Superior Court of Rhode
Island heard an appeal
brought by APEnterprise,
LLC (APE) challenging the
decision of the Town of
Portsmouth Zoning Board of
Review denying APE’s
application for a special use
permit for an outdoor beach
volleyball facility on the site
of the former Portsmouth
town dump. Jurisdiction is
pursuant to G.L. 1956 §
45-24-69 (a). The Board’s
decision was affirmed. Filed
March 24, 2026.

Adjourn

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