City Plan Commission Meeting – January 15, 2013

[alert type=”muted”]Notice of Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 – 4:45pm
Department of Planning and Development • 1st Floor Meeting Room
444 Westminster Street, Providence[/alert]

Opening Session

• Call to Order
• Roll Call
• Approval of minutes from November 20th 2012 meeting – for action
• Approval of minutes from December 18th 2012 meeting – for action
• Director’s Report

Major Land Development Project

1. Case No. 12-011 MA – 257 Thayer Street (Final Plan Approval) – The CPC approved the preliminary plan to construct a four story mixed use building with 95 dwelling units, underground parking and a landscaped courtyard in December 2012. The applicant is seeking final plan approval subject to fulfillment of preliminary plan conditions – for action (AP 13 Lots 42, 48, 104, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238 and 241, College Hill)

[alert type=”muted”]See also: UPDATED: Graduate student housing apartment building proposed on Thayer Street[/alert]

Institutional Master Plan

2. Amendment of Providence College’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) – The applicant is seeking to amend the IMP to reflect the institution’s requests for street abandonments and changes to the Institutional Overlay Zone – for action (Elmhurst)

[alert type=”muted”]See also: Letter to the campus from P.C.’s President regarding their PILOT agreement[/alert]

City Council Referral

3. Referral 3359 – Abandonment of portions of Huxley Avenue, Wardlaw Avenue and Cumberland Street – Petition by Providence College to abandon Huxley Avenue between AP 119 lot 8 and lot 229 and Cumberland Street between AP 81 lot 189 and lot 195 and Wardlaw Avenue from AP 81 lot 186 to lot 189 – for action (Elmhurst)

4. Referral 3360 – Extension of I-2 overlay zone – Petition by Providence College to extend the I-2^[1] overlay district to include certain lots on Wardlaw Avenue and Cumberland Street – for action (Elmhurst, AP 81 Lots 186, 188 and 189-196)

[alert type=”muted”]See also: Presumed Parking Lot-ification[/alert]

CPC Administration

5. Election of Officers – Election of CPC officers – for discussion and action

Adjournment

[alert type=”muted”]Agenda [/alert]

^[1] I-2 Educational Institutions – This zone is intended to permit higher education institutions and their expansion in a planned manner while protecting the surrounding neighborhoods. (Providence Zoning Ordinance)