Council Approves Special Permit for Shirley Avenue Development

Zoning – Special-use permit – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Where a complaint has been filed challenging the Newport zoning board’s decision to grant a special-use permit application to establish a fast-food restaurant, the board’s decision should be upheld despite an argument by plaintiff abutters that the applicants failed to demonstrate that the use of the property would be in harmony with the surrounding area.

Council Approves Special Permit for Shirley Avenue Development

By Adam Swift The city council approved a special permit for a 50-unit mixed-use development at 114 Shirley Ave. its regular meeting last week. The developer, Trichilo Development of 13 Victoria Street in Revere, is requesting a special permit from the city council to raze the existing building and build a new five-story building with two commercial units on the ground floor and 48 residential units on the upper floors. Project attorney Joseph C…