OCTOBER 6, 2025 6:45 P.M.
NORTH SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL
83 GREENE STREET, NORTH SMITHFIELD **
**MEETING WILL BEGIN AT TOWN HALL AND RECONVENE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1850 PROVIDENCE PIKE, NORTH SMITHFIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 P.M.
PARTICIPATION FOR THIS MEETING WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY
*THE ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
The meeting will also be livestream. Please join the meeting (viewing only) from your computer, tablet, or smartphone by clicking on this link:
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or go to the North Smithfield YouTube page - North Smithfield Town Meetings
*If technical difficulties occur during the livestream the above specified meetings will resume as scheduled
Documents related to the meeting will be posted on the Town Council’s page of the Town’s website on Monday, October 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., see link here: https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/
FOR BOARDS/COMMISSIONS VACANCIES: https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/412/Vacancies
FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS: https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/FormCenter/Boards-Commissions-
5/Application-for-Board-Commission-46
I. OPEN MEETING-PRAYER-PLEDGE
II. ROLL CALL
III. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
IV. DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, VOTE, OR OTHER ACTION ON PAYMENT OF BILLS
V. OLD BUSINESS
A. Discussion by Council, Vote or other Action on Petition/Application for an Amendment to the
Zoning Ordinance Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 45-24-50 and 45-24-51 - 45-24-53 as follows:
1. Petition/Application for Amendment to Zoning Ordinance filed by Pound Hill Realty, LLC,
c/o 618 Greenville Road, North Smithfield, RI 02896, the owner of the parcel of land
situated off Old Oxford Road, Pound Hill Road and Pine Hill Road in the Town of North
Smithfield, more particularly described as Town of North Smithfield Tax Assessor’s Plat 7,
lot 38, consisting of 89.44 acres (subject property).
2. Text amendment and a zoning map amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of
North Smithfield (the “Zoning Ordinance”). The proposed zoning amendment will create a
new zoning district “Industrial Special Management District 1 Overlay,” the intent of the
district is to allow mining, quarrying, sand and gravel extraction, loam stripping, stone
cutting operations, crushing, washing, and/or processing of materials. The zoning map
amendment proposes to amend the zoning designation of the parcel of land located at 14 Pine
Hill Road in the Town of North Smithfield, more specifically described as Assessor’s Plat: 7,
Lot: 38 (the “Property”) from Rural Agricultural (RA) & Rural Estate Agricultural (REA) to
Industrial Special Management District 1 Overlay.
a. Continuation of Public Hearing
b. Discussion by Council, Vote or Other Action
B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Status/Progress Report Items
1. Code of Conduct Reminder & Deadline – Ms. DeCristofaro
2. Municipal Building Review Task Force – Ms. Alves
a. ECC Updates
C. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Implementation of Section 310-11 of the Code
of Ordinances “No Parking and Limited Parking; Traffic Control Devices” Specifically on South
side from Union Square to Park Square – Mrs. O’Hara/Mr. Beauregard
VI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Boards and Committees Engagement – Ms.
DeCristofaro
B. Discussion by Council, Vote, or Other Action on Communications from Town Administrator –
Mr. Gibbs
1. Grant Writing Status
2. Route 146 Feasibility Status
3. Asset Management Program – Status
4. Municipal Resiliency Program – Status
VII. OPEN FORUM – PURSUANT TO 42-46-6 (d) (Maximum 3 minutes per person)
VIII. ADJOURN
Individuals requesting special assistance should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 767-2200, ext. 504
seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the meeting date.
Agenda posted October 2, 2025
