Gas Station Planned For Newport Creamery Site Clears Zoning Board

Kelly Coates of Carpionato Properties said the station is needed to keep Stop & Shop in Johnston.

Members of the Johnston Zoning Board of Review voted on July 28 to approve plans for a Stop & Shop gas station to replace the Newport Creamery on Atwood Avenue. During the meeting, held at the senior center, board members approved a special use permit and a dimensional variance that would allow Carpionato Properties to build the fueling station at 1410 Atwood Ave. According to Kelly Coates, Senior Vice President at Carpionato Properties, which owns the property, Stop & Shop wants to stay competitive with a new Super Wal-mart planned for Plainfield Pike in Cranston. A Stop & Shop closed in East Providence in 2009 after the city would not allow it to build a gas station, Coates noted, and the closure had a negative impact on the city. Coates…

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Zoning Board Of Review — July 28

Plans for a Stop & Shop gas station on Atwood Avenue are among the items on tonight's agenda.

The Johnston Zoning Board of Review is scheduled to meet tonight and consider an application by Stop & Shop for a permit to place a gas station at the current site of Newport Creamery on Atwood Avenue. Last month, the town's planning board approved the proposal to tear down the restaurant and replace it with a gas station. The agenda for tonight's meeting is attached to this article. Watch JohnstonPatch for coverage of this meeting, and click on the green "Keep me posted!" link below to receive e-mail notifications when follow-up stories are published.

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