Use regulations
Uses may be established on a lot of record for one or more of the uses as listed below. Uses may be vertically or horizontally integrated but may not cross lot lines. The floor area of buildings within the district may be used for more than one permitted use, whether such uses are allowed by right, or by special permit authorized by the planning board through the unified development review process as outlined in Section 17.65.87.
A. Urban Village (UV). The urban village subdistrict is an area characterized by dense, mixed-use development and serves as the gateway to Newport. Because of this, the intensity and quality of development should both be high. While jobs-focused uses should be a priority, a mix of activities accessible by foot or bicycle shall complement those commercial uses to create a complete neighborhood. Future development should be approved with appropriate scale of new blocks that are in keeping with the traditional block sizes in Newport. All new roadways shall support generous walking and landscape areas to ensure ample tree cover. The ground floor of a multi-use building shall be used for allowed commercial uses.
The business corridor along JT Connell Highway shall seek to beautify and enhance pedestrian amenities and safety; development and redevelopment along this corridor shall reduce the width and number of curb cuts.
Providing multimodal and pedestrian public access to green spaces and the water is a priority for this subdistrict. Both public access to the waterfront and ensuring adequate access to Blue Economy enterprises are priorities.
(a) The following uses are permitted by right:
1. Multifamily dwellings and/or live-work dwellings up to thirty-five (35) percent of total gross square footage of a mixed-use project. Multifamily dwellings and/or live-work dwellings up to fifty (50) percent of total gross square footage of a mixed-use project, provided that fifty (50) percent of the total units shall be rented or sold as workforce housing, and if fifteen (15) percent of the total number of units is maintained as a rented or sold as housing that is affordable for households earning up to sixty (60) percent of the area median income (AMI) then the project shall qualify for at least one additional story.
2. Home occupation;
3. Family day care center;
4. Community residence;
5. Nonprofit multifamily housing facilities for the elderly;
6. Municipal and public services corporation building and facility;
7. Park, playground, playing field, plaza, trail;
8. Commercial indoor recreational facility;
9. Standard restaurant;
10. Stores where goods are sold or service is rendered, primarily at retail;
11. Stores where nautical goods are sold or service is rendered, primarily at retail;
12. Tavern;
13. Advanced manufacturing;
14. Banks and financial institution;
15. Co-working space;
16. Maker-space;
17. Marine and oceanographic research laboratory;
18. Professional and business office;
19. Professional and business offices where maritime issues and products are the primary use such as naval architects, maritime publishers, etc.;
20. Research and development facilities, including, but not limited to, clean energy, defense systems, ocean technologies, medical and pharmaceutical, and digital industries;
21. Research laboratory;
22. Yacht and sailing clubs, and schools which give special marine or nautical instruction;
23. Marina.
(b) The following uses require a special use permit through the planning board unified development review process.
1. Temporary housing for yachting organizations;
2. Agricultural and horticultural society;
3. Arcade;
4. Automobile dealership;
5. Multimodal transportation center;
6. Convalescent home, rest home;
7. Convention or conference center;
8. Conservation land;
9. Church, place of worship;
10. Cultural institution;
11. Drive throughs;
12. Fast-food restaurants with no drive thru facility;
13. Federal, state and municipal building;
14. Hospital;
15. Religious, philanthropic, scientific, literary, historical, fraternal, and charitable institution;
16. Library;
17. Museum;
18. Nursery school, day care center;
19. Outdoor retail including restaurant and open-air markets;
20. Schools, colleges and universities including fraternity or sorority houses or dormitories for faculty or students;
21. Schools of limited instruction;
22. Commercial recreational facility;
23. Parking garage;
24. Theater;
25. Transient guest facility;
26. Vacation guest facility;
27. Wholesale brewing, distilling, fermenting, fungicide or hydroponics;
28. Commercial scale energy system;
29. Painting and woodworking shop;
30. Printing and publishing establishment;
31. Public utilities-private electric service;
32. Radio and television broadcasting studio (excluding transmitting and receiving tower);
33. Residential scale energy system;
34. Undertakers establishment;
35. Water tower.
B. Maker-Tech (MT). Maker-Tech (MT) is a subdistrict designed to protect and provide for the expansion of existing uses which provide valuable technology and craft industries essential to the economy. Special considerations for this area include the incorporation of wetland features on low-lying parcels to improve stormwater storage areas and enhancing physical access for the existing and future land uses.
(a) The following uses are permitted by right:
1. Live-work dwellings up to thirty-five (35) percent of total gross square footage of a mixed-use project. Live-work dwellings up to fifty (50) percent of total gross square footage of a mixed-use project, provided that fifty (50) percent of the total units shall be rented or sold as work-force housing.
2. Home occupation;
3. Family day care center;
4. Community residence;
5. Municipal and public service corporation building and facility;
6. Park, playground, playing field, plaza, trail;
7. Wholesale brewing, distilling, fermenting, fungicide or hydroponics;
8. Advanced manufacturing;
9. Banks and financial institution;
10. Co-working space;
11. Maker-space;
12. Marine and oceanographic research laboratory;
13. Professional and business office;
14. Professional and business offices where maritime issues and products are the primary use such as naval architects, maritime publishers, etc.;
15. Research and development facilities, including, but not limited to, clean energy, defense systems, ocean technologies, medical and pharmaceutical, and digital industries;
16. Research laboratory;
17. Boat building and repair;
18. Boat dealer and broker;
19. Marine fabrication, including sail making, repair and sales, canvas manufacturing, and marine metal casting;
20. Yacht and sailing clubs, and schools which give special marine or nautical instruction;
21. Manufacturing, processing, assembly or indoor storage of goods;
22. Painting and woodworking shop;
23. Printing and publishing establishment;
24. Radio and television broadcasting studio (excluding transmitting and receiving tower);
25. Seafoods sales, landing, storage, brokerage and distribution;
26. Sheet metal, blacksmith, welding, tire recapping, machine shops and the like;
27. Warehousing; wholesale business; and wholesale business warehousing;
28. Contractor's warehouse and indoor storage;
29. Building, plumbing, electrical contracting business with no outdoor storage of materials.
(b) The following uses require a special use permit through the planning board unified development review process.
1. Agricultural and horticultural society;
2. Church, place of worship;
3. Commercial scale energy system;
4. Conservation land;
5. Drive throughs;
6. Federal, state and municipal building;
7. Library;
8. Multimodal transportation center;
9. Museum;
10. Commercial scale energy system;
11. Parking garage;
12. Public utilities—private electrical services;
13. Religious, philanthropic, scientific, literary, historical, fraternal, and charitable institution;
14. Residential scale energy system;
15. Schools of limited instruction;
16. Water tower.
C. Maker (MK). Maker (MK) is sub-district designed to protect the existing city wastewater treatment facility from incompatible adjacent uses, while limiting heavy industrial uses from further impacting nearby residential areas. This area allows industrial uses that are not negatively impacted by proximity to the wastewater treatment facility. Future development in the area shall protect and enhance the adjacent "rail/trail" corridor. All residential uses are prohibited in this subdistrict for public health and safety reasons
(a) The following uses are permitted by right:
1. Municipal and public service corporation building and facility;
2. Open space, park, trail;
3. Wholesale brewing, distilling, fermenting, fungicide or hydroponics;
4. Maker-space;
5. Boat building and repair;
6. Boat dealer and broker;
7. Marine fabrication, including sail making, canvas manufacturing, and marine metal casting;
8. Business and storage yard for lumber and building material;
9. Contractor's warehouse and storage yard;
10. Fish and seafood receiving, handling, storage and shipping;
11. Manufacturing, processing, assembly or storage of goods;
12. Painting and woodworking shop;
13. Printing and publishing establishment;
14. Radio and television broadcasting studio (excluding transmitting and receiving tower);
15. Seafoods sales, landing, storage, brokerage and distribution;
16. Sheet metal, blacksmith, welding, tire recapping, machine shops and the like;
17. Warehousing, wholesale business; and wholesale business warehousing;
(b) The following uses require a special use permit through the planning board unified development review process.
1. Conservation land;
2. Drive throughs;
3. Federal, state and municipal building;
4. Library;
5. Multimodal transportation center;
6. Commercial scale energy system;
7. Commercial storage and sale of fuel and bottled gas;
8. Public utilities - private electrical services;
9. Residential scale energy system;
10. Water tower.
(Ord. 2021-24, § 1, 9-8-2021; Ord. 2022-13, § 2, 5-11-2022)