Residential cooperative cultivation

• A. Residential cooperative cultivation shall be permitted according to Table 2.4 and shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance. A resident cooperative cultivation allowed as a special use shall require approval as a minor land development as well as approval of a special use permit. The Planning Board will consider the applications together under unified development review. The documentation required by this ordinance shall be included in the joint application for both approvals. In the case where a residential cooperative cultivation is permitted by right, all required documentation shall be submitted to the zoning inspector with the request for a zoning certificate. All residential cooperative cultivations shall be subject to the following requirements:

  • 1. A cardholder shall only cooperatively cultivate in one location.

  • 2. No single location shall have more than one cooperative cultivation. For the purposes of this section, location means one structural building, not units within a structural building.

  • 3. The cooperative cultivation shall not be visible from the street or other public areas.

  • 4. A written acknowledgment of the limitation of the right to use and possess marijuana for medical purposes in Rhode Island, that is signed by each cardholder, shall be prominently displayed on the premises.

  • 5. The use of butane for the purposes of marijuana extraction shall be prohibited in all districts.

  • 6. See section 12.8 Building requirements of this chapter.

(Amend. of 10-2-17; Ord. of 12-4-2023(1))