Prohibited uses

The following uses shall not be permitted in the Town of Burrillville:

Acid manufacture or refining.

Asphalt manufacturing or refining.

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture.

Chlorine manufacture.

Coal distillation and derivation of coal products.

Creosote manufacture or treatment.

Distillation of bones.

Explosives manufacture or storage in bulk quantities.

Fertilizer manufacture.

All fuel storage tanks or any part thereof fully or partially under earth except those subject to state underground tank regulations or otherwise consistent with rules and regulations promulgated by the director of the department of environmental management.

Gas manufacture from coal.

Glue manufacture.

Hazardous waste or septage storage or disposal facilities except at the town sewerage plant or as an accessory unit to an industrial or manufacturing use.

House trailer/park or colony.

Incinerator, consistent with the G.L. 1956, § 23-19.7-1 et seq., as amended.

Industrial wastewater discharges to a water resource.

Landfills, and injection wells consistent with the G.L. 1956, § 23-19.7-1 et seq., as amended.

Offal or dead animal reduction or dumping.

Petroleum refining.

Processing of vinegar or yeast.

Racetrack.

Rendering or refining of fats and oils.

Rubber or gutta-percha manufacture or treatment.

Slaughterhouse.

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ore, including blast furnace or blooming mill.

Tanning or curing of raw hides.

Tar distillation.

Open storage or wrecking of junk, scrap or salvage material.

Any use which is obnoxious by reason of the emission of odors, vapors, smoke, gases, dust, noises, flashes or vibration, water pollution, or by reason of danger of fire or explosion, toxic or corrosive fumes, harmful radioactivity or electrical interference, or by reason of risk to public health and safety, or which may adversely impact the normal use and peaceful enjoyment of any property, structure, or dwelling in the town.

Any use prohibited under section 30-202(f), within aquifer zoning and wellhead protection areas.

(Ord. of 4-12-2000; Ord. of 5-27-2009; Ord. of 4-11-2018)