Cranston
City of Cranston Zoning Board of Review
In short
City of Cranston Zoning Board of Review issues 1 permit we publish for Cranston, last verified 2026-09-12. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning Board of Review Application (Variance, Special Use Permit, Appeal)only if it applies to you | City of Cranston Zoning Board of Review | A variance or special-use-permit application fee scaled by use: $150.00 for a one-family dwelling, $300.00 for a two-family dwelling, $450.00 plus $50.00 per unit for a multifamily/condominium building, $550.00 for a commercial or industrial building up to 5,000 square feet, $800.00 for 5,000-10,000 square feet, and $1,050.00 for over 10,000 square feet (each including any associated additions or alterations). A separate appeal to the Zoning Board of Review costs $500.00, and a petition to the City Council to amend the zoning ordinance or zoning map costs $400.00. | one-time, per application; a granted variance or special use permit expires after one year if not acted upon (Code §17.108.140) | 2026-09-12 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Zoning Board of Review Application (Variance, Special Use Permit, Appeal)
A different fee structure from Providence's own $115.00-advertising-plus-scaled-processing-fee formula: Cranston scales its fee directly by building type and, for a commercial or industrial building, by square footage, with no separate advertising-fee line item. Triggered when a proposed use, structure, or dimensional standard does not conform outright to the Zoning Ordinance. The Building Inspections Office serves as the official office of the Zoning Board of Review.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cranston
- Phone
- (401) 780-6012
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Cranston Code of Ordinances §17.108.160, Zoning Board of Review — Fees (variance, special use permit, appeal, and zoning-map-amendment fee schedule)City of Cranston Zoning Board of Review · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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