Newport Zoning Board approved a home-based electronics recycling business. The board voted 3-0 to grant Clayton Aldrich a special exception to operate the low-impact business at 60 Cheney Street, which sits in both Professional Business and General Residential zones. Aldrich, a stay-at-home dad,
Zoning Board approved a 10-unit cluster housing variance and two setback requests. Voting 5-0-0, the Board granted a Variance for the residential cluster on Parkview Street owned by the heirs of Scott B. Hill, with all units required to connect to Town water and sewer, and unanimously approved a
Newport Zoning Board approves manufactured home variance. The board, led by Chairman Ben Nelson, voted 4 to 1 to grant Steven Dube, Jr. and Ashley Dube a variance under Article II Section 207.1 of the Zoning Ordinance to place a manufactured home on Alexander Avenue property. Voting members were
Zoning Board continues cluster development rehearing with legal guidance. The Board of Adjustment on April 15 continued deliberations on a cluster development proposal for Langley Road by Lawrence E. DeCristofaro, Jr., which was initially approved in November 2025 but underwent rehearing after
Newport Zoning Board approves childcare variance after two decades, defers cluster-development decision. The board voted unanimously to grant a variance for the facility at 167 Summer Street, owned by Jeremy and Angela Willey, which has operated approximately 20 years without proper approval and
Newport zoning board approves dwelling and farm-stand exceptions. The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously (6-0-0) on January 21 to grant Joe Branch a variance for two dwellings at 55 Redstone Road and Jessica Cole a special exception for a farm stand at 64 East Mountain Road. The Board
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