1204 Douglas Avenue Storage Facility

At a glance

• What: a storage facility at 1204 Douglas Ave and whether the Town should issue a stop-work order.
• Where it stands: On 2026-10-06 the Council voted to engage an outside attorney for an independent evaluation and requested all planning records for the property.
• Next: Outside attorney's evaluation and any executive session discussion.

Details

• The 2026-09-01 minutes refer to a storage facility on Douglas Ave; the 2026-09-16 special meeting concerned 1204 Douglas Ave.
• Councilman Steven Loporchio was absent on 2026-09-16.

Sources

• Town Council minutes of 2026-09-01: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=%5CMinutes%5C4352%5C2026%5C568187.pdf
• Town Council minutes of 2026-09-16: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=%5CMinutes%5C4352%5C2026%5C568188.pdf
• Town Council agenda of 2026-10-06: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=%5CNotices%5C4352%5C2026%5C567792.pdf

Log

2026-09-01 - Town Council

• Directed staff to work with counsel on a stop-work order.

2026-09-16 - Town Council Special Meeting

• Special meeting; continued to 10/6 so the Council could retain its own counsel.

2026-10-06 - Town Council

• The Council voted to engage an outside land-use attorney for an independent evaluation, with a discussion in executive session, and to have all planning records on the property delivered to the Town Clerk by Friday. A councilor recused. Debate: some members favored the existing solicitors, others a specialist; the developer's attorney said approvals are valid and unappealed and that extra plantings were offered; residents called the screening and retaining wall inadequate and raised erosion; former Planning Board members questioned the 2017 zone change.