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Mission of the Department:
To serve the needs of Warwick residents by providing planned, responsible and orderly growth and development of the city.

Goal of Department:
To provide Warwick residents, potential developers and City departments and agencies including with professional guidance and service with regard to the overall physical and social development of the City.

Activities:

Principal activities include staff assistance and formulating recommendations to the City Council, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Review, Warwick Station Redevelopment Agency and maintenance of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.  The Department acts in consultation with the Mayor in formulating the City’s Capital Improvements Program.  The Department is also responsible for the administration of such duties as may be assigned by the Mayor or prescribed by City Council Ordinance.

Major Documents Now Online City of Warwick Zoning laws Planning Board Agenda [click here for Planning Board Minutes Archive] Comprehensive Plan Development Review Regulations (169 pages) Final Comments on the T.F. Green Airport Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Harbor Management Plan

The activities of the Planning Department include:

• Regulatory Review
• Policy development
• Project coordination and review
• Coordination of RIDOT highway projects including the preparation of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) submission to the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)

Professional staff support and assistance to:

• Warwick City Council
• Planning Board
• Warwick Station Redevelopment Agency
• Historic District Commission
• Historic Cemetery Commission
• Zoning Board of Review
• Harbor Management Commission
• Neighborhood Associations
• Wildlife and Conservation Commission
• Warwick Land Trust
• Storm water Management Committee
• Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee 

City Representation to:

• Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)
• Governors Advisory Committee on Natural Heritage Preservation
• The Governor's Narragansett Bay and Watershed Planning Commission
• Greenwich Bay Special Area Management Plan (SAMP)
• Technical Review Committee and Citizens Advisory Committee

 

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Contact Information

Planning Department Main
(401) 738-2000 x6289

Landscape Office
(401) 738-2000 x6291

Community Development
(401) 738-2000 x6374