Politics & Government

New Master Plan Submitted for Rolling Greens

Rolling Greens comes back on the planning commission table next month.

 

The North Kingstown Planning Commission is getting a look at a new master plan for a proposed village center development at Rolling Greens Golf Course next month. The mixed-use housing and commercial project, called The Preserve at Rolling Greens and located at the intersection of Route 2 and 102, shows 50,000 sq. ft. of commercial development and 106 housing units  - more than the respective 35,000 sq. ft. of commercial and 92 residential units proposed in the last variation of the project’s master plan. (View the full master plan here.)

Additionally, the plan features a new clubhouse for the golf course, a new Oatley’s Restaurant (which was built in 1965), tennis courts and a gazebo. A three-acre area of land on the western edge of the golf course, abutting Rosewood Estates and the Town of Exeter) will remain “undisturbed” and become a “natural preserve,” next to a pond lot.

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The commercial portion of the development, 50,000 sq. ft., will include several buildings of varying sizes and located at the intersection of South County Trail (Route 2) and Ten Rod Road (Route 102) at the southwesterly corner of the property. The plan also shows six live/work units behind the retail area, with an office on the first level and a one-bedroom residence on the second. According to the proposal, these units are ideal for “an attorney or architect [who] may wish to live on a second floor while maintaining an office on the first floor.”

On the residential side, the project is proposing 43 two-bedroom duplex units, 21 one-bedroom duplex units, 13 two-bedroom townhouses, 20 two-bedroom single family units and three three-bedroom single family homes (which already exists on Ten Rod Road but will be relocated to the southeastern corner of the development.) Coupled with the live/work units, this totals up to 106 total residential units. According to the master plan, the residential component of the project is “age targeted” and attempting to attract “empty nesters.”

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To minimize the impact of the village center, developers are planning to incorporate stormwater management, incorporating low impact developments as well as roof collection and recharge systems, rain gardens and more.

The proposal also states that “approximately 85 out of 131.85 acres will remain unchanged by the proposed development. One-third of the parcel area is devoted to new development, leaving the other two thirds as open space”

The new master plan comes after the passage of a new zoning district in town – the compact village development (CVD) – which allows developers to mix commercial and residential buildings and enhance existing village centers. The new district came about during last year’s discussion in the planning commission regarding The Preserve at Rolling Greens.

The controversial development has come under heavy scrutiny from many residents, who have sent letters to the media, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"letter-to-the-editor-deny-the-preserve-at-rolling-greens"} --> and . The project has also helped trigger a debate on the future of the Route 2/102 intersection. Using leftover grant money, the Town of North Kingstown has . The developer of Rolling Greens (Mark Hawkins) along with Vaughn Oatley of


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