Institutional and governmental services
21 Educational institution - Post secondary includes the following: Classrooms, office and assembly use, lecture hall, library, museum and other facilities for instructional purposes; laboratory facility for teaching and research, radio station; administrative office, including academic and business offices, security office, health care facility, day care facility, bookstore; theater with no public assembly, dance studio, exhibition facility, theater, stadium, indoor and outdoor sports facility, including gymnasium for athletic events such as swimming, skating, tennis, football, baseball and other sports; residence hall, dormitory, sorority, fraternity, dining hall, and cafeteria; maintenance facility, workshop, garage, repair facility, and power plant; parking garage and parking lot; not including trade or business school: vocational and trade skills in automotive, construction, metallurgical, chemical and similar industrial operations.
21.1 Educational institution - Elementary through high school - Public and private schools includes the following: classrooms, office and assembly use, lecture hall, library, and other facilities for instructional purposes; laboratory facility for teaching, administrative office, health care facility, day care facility; theater with no public assembly, dance studio, exhibition facility, stadium, indoor and outdoor sports facility, including gymnasium for athletic events such as swimming, skating, tennis football, baseball and other sports; not including trade or business schools; vocational and trade schools in automotive, construction, metallurgical, chemical and similar industrial operations.
22 Trade schools - Public and private institution providing training and/or instruction in: art, business, bookkeeping, accounting, secretarial and the like, cosmetology, dancing, driving hair styling, music conservatory; not including vocational and trade skills in automotive, construction, metallurgical, chemical and similar industrial operations.
22.1 Vocational training facility - A public or private organization in agreement with the city to supply training services in the trades such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC or similar trades. No outdoor storage.
23 Religious services - Church synagogue, other places of worship including accessory halls retreat centers and similar activities.
24 Medical and health services - Hospital (not animal hospital), medical diagnostic or treatment facility, medical or dental office, research laboratory or educational facility, sanitarium, and any use accessory thereto, center for occupational and physical therapy, physical fitness, and drug and alcohol rehabilitation (provided such drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility is owned by or operated in conjunction with a hospital); clinic for medical, dental surgical or psychiatric treatment of disease and disability, whether on an inpatient or outpatient basis; health maintenance organization (HMO).
24.1 Drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility not owned by or operated in conjunction with a hospital.
24.2 Medical or dental office - Building occupied by physicians, surgeons, dentist, nurses or other medical, paramedical and para-dental personnel, not owned by or operated in conjunction with a hospital.
25 Local and state government - Local and state administrative or legislative office and chamber, armory, judicial office or court, state police station, municipal fire and police station, with accessory use.
25.1 Prison or correctional institution.
26.1 Family child care home - A residence licensed by the Rhode Island Department of Human Services where the resident can provide child care for up to six children, or up to eight children with an approved assistant.
26.2 Group family child care home - A residence in compliance with local zoning regulations where the resident can provide child care for eight to 12 children with one or two approved assistants (dependent on enrollment details).
26.3 Child care center - Any facility, other than a family child care home or group family child care home, that provides nonresidential child care.
26.4 Adult day care - A facility providing care for the elderly and/or functionally impaired adults in a protective setting for a portion of a 24-hour day.
27 Service organization business, professional and labor organization; civic, social, fraternal and service association; welfare, philanthropic and charitable institution; and other miscellaneous services.
28 Cemetery - Cemetery, historic cemetery, memorial park but not including funeral homes.
(Ord. of 10-15-25(1), § 1)