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North Kingstown
Town of North Kingstown Zoning Ordinance
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§ 21-131

Purpose

  • A. The purpose of this article is to permit the review and establishment of land development projects. Land development projects may be permitted through review of the planning commission and/or other local agents in accordance with RIGL 1956, § 45-23-1 et seq., based on the impacts associated with the nature of the use; scale of the project; or other unusual conditions which require additional regulations to meet the objectives of this article, the subdivision and land development regulations adopted by the planning commission and the town comprehensive plan. The review process for land development projects is promulgated to further the following purposes:

    • (1) Provide for the orderly, thorough and expeditious review of projects;

    • (2) Promote high quality and appropriate design and construction;

    • (3) Promote the protection of the existing natural and built environment and the mitigation of all significant negative impacts of any proposed development on the existing environment;

    • (4) Promote project design which will be well integrated with the surrounding neighborhoods with regard to natural and built features and which concentrates development in areas which can best support it by reason of natural characteristics and existing infrastructure;

    • (5) Encourage local design and improvement standards to reflect the intent of the town comprehensive plan with regard to the physical character of various neighborhoods and districts of the municipality;

    • (6) Promote thorough technical review of all proposed land development projects by appropriate local officials;

    • (7) Give developers guidance before incurring the cost of final design and engineering while providing assurances to the town and the general public that the approved project will meet with approved objectives and standards;

    • (8) Encourage that local requirements for dedications of public land, impact mitigation and payment-in-lieu thereof are based on clear documentation of needs and fairly applied and administered; and

    • (9) Encourage the establishment and consistent application of procedures for local recordkeeping on all matters of land development review, approval and construction.

(Ord. No. 08-18, § 5, 7-7-2008)