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City of Cranston
City of Cranston Zoning Ordinance
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§ 17.86.030

Public hearing

  • A. A public hearing on the application, including any variance and special-use permit requests shall be held prior to consideration of the preliminary plan by the city plan commission. Public notice of the hearing shall be given at least 14 days prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the city. Notice shall be sent to the applicant and to each owner within 400 feet of the perimeter of the area included in the subdivision and/or land development project by first class mail, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing. The sender of said notice shall provide a notarized affidavit of mailing to the administrative officer prior to the noticed public hearing. Notice shall also be sent to any individual or entity holding a recorded conservation or preservation restriction on the property that is the subject of the application.
  • B. Notice of the public hearing shall be sent by the administrative officer to the administrative officer of an adjacent municipality if: (1) the notice area extends into the adjacent municipality; or (2) the development site extends into the adjacent municipality; or (3) there is a potential for significant negative impact on the adjacent municipality.

    Notice of the public hearing shall be sent by first-class mail to the planning board of any municipality where there is a public or quasi-public water source, or private water source that is used, or is suitable for use, as a public water source, located within 2,000 feet of the municipal boundaries.

    Notice of a public hearing shall be sent to the governing body of any state or municipal water department or agency, special water district, or private water company that has riparian rights to a surface water resource and/or surface watershed that is used, or is suitable for use, as a public water source, located within either the municipality or 2,000 of the municipal boundaries; provided, that a map survey has been filed with the building inspector as specified in RIGL § 45-24-53(f).

  • C. The notice for the public hearing shall include the following information:
    • 1. The date, time, and place of the hearing;
    • 2. The street address of the subject property, or if no street address is available, the distance from the nearest existing intersection in tenths of a mile; and,
    • 3. The specific variance(s) to be considered for the subdivision and/or land development project.
  • D. The administrative officer shall review the UDR application for completeness and for compliance with this section. The time period for the administrative officer to certify as complete or incomplete a UDR application shall be the same as the time period for certifying the accompanying application for a subdivision, development plan review, or land development project. The administrative officer's decision on a UDR application is appealable in the same manner as an appeal from any other decision of the administrative officer application.

(Ord. 2023-27, § 1, 12/19/2023; Ord. 2026-2, 1/20/2026)