Development management district overlay zone
(a) Establishment of the development management district overlay zone.
(1) Purpose. This development management district overlay zone is established to work in conjunction with underlying zoning districts to implement land use development policies contained in the Bronco Highway Development Management Study Report of February 2003 ("Bronco Highway Plan") and the Burrillville Comprehensive Plan.
Design standards for the development district are structured to encourage development that preserves the rural character of Route 102, protects sensitive environmental and cultural resources, enhances the community and improves the tax base while minimizing traffic impacts on Bronco Highway. The district is intended to prevent strip commercial development and associated commercial sprawl along Bronco Highway by encouraging development of industrial and commercial office parks along the highway and concentrating retail development at commercial nodes in existing and proposed village centers.
(2) Applicability. The development management district provisions and standards supplement those of the applicable underlying zone and other applicable overlay zones. Where the development management district and base zone provisions conflict, the management overlay zone provisions shall control. The overlay zone applies to all properties listed in the development management district overlay zone table and shown on the accompanying district map contained in Attachment A [attached to the ordinance adopted September 24, 2003].
(3) Review procedure. All multiple lot and/or multi-unit residential, commercial and industrial development proposals within the development overlay district shall be subject to site plan review procedures as specified in section 11.8.1 of the zoning chapter.
(b) Allowed uses and special use limitations.
(1) Allowed uses. Table 1.A shows the schedule of allowed uses within each base zone. With some exceptions, the activities allowed within the base zone are also allowed within the development management district. The district adds the flexibility of mixing compatible uses on a given site. Mixed use development is encouraged within the district.
ZONE USE AMENDMENTS
TABLE 1.A. ROUTE 102 OVERLAY ZONE USES
| PRINCIPAL USE | F-5 | F-2 | R-40 | R-20 | R-12 | OS | VC | GC | LI | GI |
| 1. Agricultural uses: | ||||||||||
| A building or structure to be used for the display and sale of the products produced by the uses allowed herein on the land | N | |||||||||
| 2. Residential uses: | ||||||||||
| Mixed use building | Y | |||||||||
| 3. Open recreational uses: | ||||||||||
| Drive-in theatre | N | |||||||||
| 4. Public and semi-public uses: | ||||||||||
| Church or other place of worship (subject to development plan review) | N | |||||||||
| Trade school / technical school | N | |||||||||
| Daycare center or nursery school | N | |||||||||
| 5. Office uses: | ||||||||||
| Professional, scientific, medical and technical services and finance and insurance industries | Y | |||||||||
| Temporary real estate (one-year renewal and limited to new subdivisions or other new developments) | N | |||||||||
| 6. Restaurant and entertainment: | ||||||||||
| Lunchroom or restaurant as an integral part of an industrial development: (a) not including entertainment | S | |||||||||
| Drive-in restaurant | N | |||||||||
| 7. Service business: | ||||||||||
| Auto body or paint shop | N | N | N | |||||||
| Package store | N | |||||||||
| Personal convenience service, including but not limited to barber shop, shoe repair, dry cleaner, laundry pickup | N | |||||||||
| Specialty services, including but not limited to copy center, photo studio, interior decorating shop, tailor, catering service, etc. | N | |||||||||
| Mortuary or funeral home | N | |||||||||
| Radio or television studio | N | |||||||||
| Veterinary office or animal hospital | N | |||||||||
| Vehicle rental agency | N | N | ||||||||
| 8. Retail business: | ||||||||||
| Auto, truck or heavy equipment sales in a building (including repairs) | ||||||||||
| Recreational trailer sales and service | N | |||||||||
| Truck or heavy equipment sales in a building (including repairs) | S | S | ||||||||
| 9. Wholesale business and storage: | ||||||||||
| Wholesale business and storage of non-flammable and non-explosive material in a building | N | |||||||||
| Open lot storage of new building material and machinery | N | N | ||||||||
| 10. Service industries: | ||||||||||
| Blacksmith, machine or welding shop | N | |||||||||
| Bus, truck and heavy equipment repair | N | |||||||||
| Professional, scientific, medical and technical services and finance and insurance industries | Y | |||||||||
| 11. Industrial uses: | ||||||||||
| Professional, scientific, medical and technical services and finance and insurance industries | Y | Y | ||||||||
| The smoking, canning or curing of meat and fish products | N | N | ||||||||
| The manufacture, compounding, processing or packaging of bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, drugs, food products (not including meat, fish, yeast, vinegar and the rendering of fats and oils, and other similar operations) | S | S | ||||||||
| Retail outlet for industrial use (as an accessory use) | S | |||||||||
| Textile dyeing or finishing | N | |||||||||
(2) Prohibited uses. Commercial retail, rental, sales and service uses are not permitted to have access on Bronco Highway within the development management district. Where permitted by the underlying zone, such uses may be allowed within the district provided that they obtain frontage and access from roads other than Bronco Highway. Specific uses prohibited along Bronco Highway include but are not limited to:
a. Convenience stores.
b. Fast food restaurants.
c. Service stations, including quick servicing.
d. Car washes.
e. Flea markets.
f. Self service storage facilities.
g. Open lot storage (except agricultural products).
(3) Temporary uses. The short-term use of land for the sale of agricultural products may be allowed by special permit within the development management district provided that such use is temporary, is restricted exclusively to the sale of agricultural products, and the property owner has demonstrated adequate provisions for traffic control, site security and public health and sanitation. No permit for this use may be issued for a term exceeding three years.
(4) Buffer zones and setbacks. In order to maintain the rural and forested appearance of Bronco highway within the development management district, a vegetated buffer with a minimum depth of 50 feet must be maintained along both sides of Bronco Highway as measured from the limit of the highway right-of-way. No buildings, signs, structures or other site improvements may be constructed within this buffer zone. Existing trees, shrubs, and other naturally occurring vegetation may not be removed from this buffer zone without express written permission from the planning board. Permission may be granted by the planning board for the selective removal of dead, dying, or diseased trees upon submission of documentation by a licensed arborist certifying that such removal is necessary to protect the health of the surrounding forest and/or to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
(5) Signs. Internally illuminated signs and signs incorporating blinking, flashing, or moving lights are prohibited within the development management district.
(Ord. of 9-24-03)