Specific requirements

• A. The minimum lot areas in Section 17.20.120 are for a single-family dwelling in districts in which dwellings are permitted. For a two-family dwelling, the minimum lot area shall be eight thousand (8,000) square feet. For multi-family dwellings the minimum lot area shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet for the first dwelling unit, plus four thousand (4,000) square feet for each of the next nine dwelling units, plus three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet for each dwelling unit in excess of ten (10) dwelling units; provided, however, that for the multi-family structures designed for the elderly, ninety (90) percent or more whose units are to be occupied by persons at least sixty (60) years of age, the minimum lot area shall be eight thousand (8,000) square feet for the first two dwelling units, plus one thousand (1,000) square feet for each dwelling unit in excess of the two dwelling units.
• B. Where a commercial use is mixed with a dwelling use, the minimum lot area shall be as shown in Section 17.20.120 for the district in which the lot is located, plus two thousand (2,000) square feet for each of the first ten (10) dwelling units, plus one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet for each dwelling unit in excess of ten (10) dwelling units.
• C. Where corner lots have rounded corners with a radius of fifteen (15) feet or more, the area otherwise required shall be reduced by one hundred (100) square feet for each such rounded corner.
• D. Where a corner lot directly abuts a lot in a residential district along the same side of a street, all of the regulations of such residential district for front yards shall apply to such corner lot along the street whose frontage it shares with such residential district.
• E. Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines for their full length from front to rear with the following exception:

  Side lot lines may deviate from this requirement in areas where natural constraints such as watercourses, wetlands, etc. or where prudent division practices necessitate special consideration. In all such cases, the burden will be on the owner to justify such deviation in design.

• F. In Section 17.20.120 the "minimum side yard" requirement for a nonconforming lot (as defined in subsection 17.88.010(B)) having a frontage of less then fifty (50) feet, shall be five feet.
• G. No railroad refrigerated freight car shall be left standing in operation within one hundred (100) feet of a residential district.
• H. All uses shall be carried on in such a manner as to produce no offensive noise, dirt, odor, glare, heat or vibration perceptible or measurable outside the appropriate property lines.
• I. Exterior lighting shall be shielded or reflected so that the light source is not visible from any residential district. Exterior lighting, the source of which would be visible from any public street, shall have its source reflected or refracted so as to direct and distribute the light to minimize glare.

  The department of inspections shall maintain a list of exterior lighting fixtures which it will approve as meeting the requirements of this subsection.

• J. All parking and outdoor storage areas or facilities for fuel, materials, incineration and products shall be enclosed by a wall or fence of solid appearance or tight evergreen hedge not less than five feet high to conceal such areas or facilities from any residential district adjacent or across the street from the principal building or use. No such enclosure shall be required in or adjacent to any front yard or corner side yard.
• K. Property and buildings to be used for industrial purposes shall be designed and laid out as to minimize disturbance to adjacent property by such features as buffer fences, planting, suitably located points of traffic ingress and egress and areas for loading and parking. They shall comply in addition to the requirements applicable to the district in which they are located. All industrial operations shall be carried on in conformity with the requirements of Section 17.36.010.
• L. Additional Setbacks on Certain Streets. Additional setbacks shall be required on certain collector and arterial streets in Cranston in anticipation of increased traffic generation and/or projected highway improvements. Minimum front yard setbacks shall be as follows:

  Location	Setback
  Scituate Avenue (west of Elton Circle)	75 feet
  Hope Road	75 feet
  Phenix Avenue (west of Rt. 295)	60 feet
  Natick Avenue	60 feet
  Olney Arnold Road	60 feet
  South Comstock Parkway	60 feet
  Wildflower Drive	60 feet
  Burlingame Road	60 feet

(Prior code § 30-14)