Government and institutional uses

[Amended 2-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-11; 12-19-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12; 10-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-15]

• A. Preschool, elementary through high school and post-secondary educational institution, both private and public, excluding schools owned and operated by the Town of Lincoln. Includes classrooms, office and assembly use, lecture hall, library and other facilities for instructional purposes; laboratory facility for teaching and research; bookstore; gymnasium for athletic events, indoor and outdoor sports facility; cafeteria, dining hall; day-care facility; dormitory; health-care facility.
• B. Public and private institutions providing instruction and/or training in automotive, construction, metallurgical, chemical, and similar industrial operations.
• C. Church, synagogue, other places of worship including retreat centers.
• D. Facility owned and operated by not-for-profit, non-governmental organization or entity, including nonprofit clubs, civic, social, or fraternal.
• E. Includes nonprofit library, museum and art gallery.
• F. Hospital (not animal hospital), medical diagnostic or treatment facility, center for occupational and physical therapy; medical, surgical or psychiatric treatment of disease or disability; whether on an inpatient or outpatient basis; health maintenance organization.
• G. Facility for the treatment of drug, alcohol or substance abuse.
• H. Includes use for temporary housing of prisoners and training facilities.
• I. Includes Town buildings not covered elsewhere in the Table of Uses.
• J. Cemetery, historic cemetery or memorial park; but not including funeral homes.
• K. Any type of prison or correctional facility, other than the temporary housing of prisoners at police station or courthouse.
• L. Federal or State facility housing judicial courts.
• M. A not-for-profit corporation subject to the provisions of RIGL Chapter 7-6 and registered under RIGL § 21-28.6-12 that acquires, possesses, delivers, transfers, transports, supplies or dispenses marijuana and/or related supplies and educational materials, to patient cardholders and/or their registered caregiver cardholder or authorized purchaser pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Department of Business Regulation.

Editor's Note: The Table of Uses is included as an attachment to this chapter.