Residential density

A. Residential density shall be regulated as follows:

[Amended 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-26]

(1) Planned District where nonresidential use does not exceed 5% gross floor area.

	Type of Dwelling	Maximum Units/Net Acre ¹
	Single-family detached dwelling	6
	Single-family detached clustered arrangements	3
	Two-family duplex dwelling	4
	Two-family dwelling	5
	Multifamily dwelling with no affordable housing units	10
	Multifamily dwelling with 10% of units designated to be affordable housing units for the thirty-year minimum ²	12

	NOTES:
	¹	LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) or comparable certification incentive is one additional unit/NET acre.
	²	"Affordable housing units," as defined in Title 45, Chapter 53, of the Rhode Island General Laws (1956, as amended), Towns and Cities, Low and Moderate Income Housing.

(2) Planned Mixed Use District.

	Type of Dwelling	Maximum Units/Net Acre
	Single-family detached dwelling	2
	Single-family detached clustered arrangement	3
	Two-family duplex dwelling	3
	Two-family dwelling	2
	Multifamily dwelling with no affordable housing units	2
	Multifamily dwelling with 10% of units designated to be affordable housing units for the thirty-year minimum ¹	2.5

	NOTES:
	¹	"Affordable housing units" as defined in Title 45, Chapter 23 , of the Rhode Island General Laws (1956, as amended), Towns and Cities, Law and Moderate Income Housing.

B. Townhouse criteria.
- (1) Not more than four contiguous townhouses shall be built in a row with the same or approximately the same front line, and not more than eight townhouses shall be contiguous.
- (2) Each townhouse shall have its own yard containing not less than 400 square feet, reasonably secluded from the view from streets or from neighboring property. Such yards shall not be used for off-street parking or for any accessory building.
- (3) The minimum distance between any two rows of townhouse buildings substantially parallel to each other shall be 60 feet. The minimum distance between the abutting ends of townhouses in the same general plane or row shall be 30 feet.
C. Multifamily criteria.
- (1) Multifamily dwellings, including apartments and condominiums, located within a Planned District shall conform to the requirements of §§ 340-56 through 340-58 and §§ 340-60 and 340-61.
- (2) Not more than 24 dwelling units shall be permitted in a multifamily structure.