Recap: North Providence Council Continues Storage Stop-Work Fight, Weighs Outside Counsel, Hears Developer Warning

Construction continues at the Douglas Avenue storage building. The council will take the matter up again in October, when it may hire outside lawyers. Officials acknowledged the town’s subdivision regulations do not define a “minor modification.”

The North Providence Town Council voted by voice vote at its Wednesday special meeting to continue its dispute over the storage facility at 1204 Douglas Avenue to the October meeting, where the council will consider retaining outside legal counsel on the matter, according to the North Providence Town Council’s published meeting recording.

The council member who made the motion said the continuation was because “frankly, I don’t think we’re satisfied with what we provided here tonight.” The motion carried on a voice vote…

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