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North Kingstown
Town of North Kingstown Zoning Ordinance
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§ 21-604

Integrating inclusionary units

  • (a) Inclusionary unit location and appearance. Inclusionary units shall be integrated within the development to the degree feasible, and not separately segregated. The exterior appearance of the inclusionary units shall be compatible with and, except for unit size, essentially indistinguishable from the others.

  • (b) Unit size. The number of bedrooms per inclusionary unit shall be no lower than 1.0 less than the market unit average unless special circumstances of occupancy dictate otherwise. The average gross floor area of the inclusionary units shall be no smaller than 50 percent that of the market rate unit average unless special circumstances dictate otherwise. Any unit size modifications due to special circumstances shall require approval by the planning commission.

  • (c) Timing of occupancy. The affordable units in any specific approved phase of a development shall be built and occupiable in relation to the construction and occupancy of any market rate units in that specific phase. The percentage of all the proposed market rate units which have been granted a certificate of use and occupancy shall at no time exceed the percentage of all of the proposed inclusionary units granted certificates of use and occupancy by more than 25 percent. For example, certificates of use and occupancy may not be granted for more than 50 percent of the proposed market rate units until the percentage of proposed inclusionary units granted such certificates exceeds 25 percent of the total of those units proposed. The certificate of use and occupancy for the last market-rate unit shall not be granted until all inclusionary units have such certificates.

(Ord. No. 07-21, § 3, 9-10-2007; Ord. No. 18-23, § 1, 10-29-2018; Ord. No. 20-12, § 1, 5-18-2020)