Purpose of article
(a) Overlay districts establish additional requirements for the primary zoning districts based upon specific hazards and problems outlined in the Soil Survey of Rhode Island prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service; the flood insurance rate maps for the town published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency dated February 16, 1983, as amended from time to time; and in the report of the United States Geological Survey on groundwater resources.
(b) The administrative officer of this chapter shall determine when an overlay district and its requirements regulate the granting of a building permit. The location of the primary structure shall determine the application of overlay requirements. An engineering soil survey to determine suitability of land for development, upon review of the soil conservation service, shall supersede the overlay district map.
(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-8-1; Ord. No. 83-1, § 1, 1-24-1983)