Purpose

The preservation of structures of historic and architectural value is a public purpose. This ordinance establishes historic districts and an historic district commission in the Town of Narragansett in order to regulate the construction, alteration, rehabilitation, repair, moving, and demolition of such structures. The purpose of the ordinance is to safeguard the heritage of the town by preserving districts and structures which reflect elements of the town's cultural, social, economic, political and architectural history; to foster civic beauty; to stabilize and improve property values in such historic districts; to strengthen the local economy; to promote the use of such historic districts for the education, pleasure and welfare of the citizens of the town; and to provide, where feasible, housing, including but not limited to limited equity cooperative housing, and other housing for low and/or moderate income residents.

(Ch. 917, § 1, 7-20-2009)