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Town of North Smithfield Zoning Ordinance

153 sections

1 Provision for Official Zoning Map and Ordinance

1.1 Official Zoning Map 1.2 Replacement of Official Zoning Map

2 Rules and Interpretation of District Boundaries

2.1 Determination of uncertainties

3 Application of District Regulations

3.1 Uniformity; exceptions

4 Nonconforming Lots, Nonconforming Uses of Land, Nonconforming Structures,

4.1 Intent 4.2 Nonconforming lots of record 4.3 Nonconforming uses of land 4.4 Nonconforming structures 4.5 Nonconforming uses of structures or of structures and premises in combination 4.6 Repairs and maintenance of nonconforming structures 4.7 Uses under special-use permit and variance provisions not nonconforming uses

5 District Use Regulations

5.1 Establishment of Districts 5.2 Intent of Each Zoning District 5.3 Interpretation of Use Table and Symbols 5.4 District use regulations 5.5 District dimensional regulations 5.6 Special-use permits

6 Supplementary District Regulations

6.1 Fresh water wetlands 6.2 Street access to buildings 6.3 Number of residential structures per lot 6.4 Visibility at intersections 6.5 Fences, walls, and hedges in residential districts 6.6 Landscape features and structures 6.7 Swimming pools 6.8 Accessory buildings and structures 6.9 Other yard modifications 6.10 Height modifications 6.11 Street frontage on cul-de-sacs reduced 6.12 Wetland Setbacks for Onsite Waste Water Treatment Systems, OWTS, Buildings 6.13 Parking and Storage of Certain Vehicles 6.14 Parking, Storage or Use of Major Recreational Equipment 6.15 Off-street Parking Requirements 6.16 Off-street Loading Requirements 6.17 Sign Regulations 6.18 Special Flood Hazard Areas 6.19 Water Supply Protection Overlay District 6.20 Conservation Developments 6.21 ILLICIT DISCHARGE STORM WATER 6.22 Post-Construction Stormwater Control

7 Administration and Enforcement; Building Permits and Certificates of Zoning

7.1 Administration and enforcement 7.2 Building permits required 7.3 Application for building permit 7.4 Certificates of zoning compliance for new, altered, or nonconforming uses 7.5 Relation to other codes, regulations and ordinances 7.6 Expiration of building permit 7.7 Expiration of Certificate of Zoning Compliance 7.8 Construction and use to be as provided in applications, plans, permits, and Certificates of 7.9 Use of Dumpsters

8 Zoning Board of Review; Establishment and Procedure

8.1 Membership 8.2 Organization 8.3 Proceedings of the Board 8.4 Hearings; appeals; notice 8.5 Procedure 8.6 Stay of proceedings 8.7 Vested rights

9 Zoning Board of Review; Powers and Duties

9.1 Board has powers of Inspector on appeals; reversing decision of Inspector 9.2 Special-use permits; conditions governing applications; procedures 9.3 Variances, conditions governing applications; procedures 9.4 Expiration of special-use permits, variances 9.5 Repetitive petitions

10 Appeals from The Board

11 Reserved

12 Mixed Use Districts (MU)

12.1 Purpose 12.2 Sub-Districts 12.3 Applicability 12.4 Procedure 12.6 Criteria for Approval 12.7 Permitted Uses in MU1 and MU2 12.8 Standards 12.11 Design Standards for MU 2

12A Schedule of Fees, Charges and Expenses

12A.1 Establishing payment

13 Amendments

13.1 Procedure for amendments 13.2 General amendment 13.3 Repetitive petitions 13.4 Vested rights 13.5 Appeal of enactment of or amendment to Zoning Ordinance

14 Provisions of Ordinance Declared to Be Minimum Requirements

14.1 Interpretation; application; conflict

15 Complaints Regarding Violations

15.1 Procedure 15.2 Notice of violation and response to violations

16 Penalties for Violations

17 Site Plan Review

17.1 Authority and Purpose 17.2 Applicability 17.3 Review Process 17.4 Application Contents 17.5 Environmental impact assessment 17.6 Fiscal impact assessment 17.7 Traffic impact assessment 17.8 Site and design standards 17.9 Waivers 17.10 Required Findings 17.11 Conditions of Development Plan Review Approval 17.12 Appeals. Any and all appeals from any decisions of the Planning Board as it relates to 17.13 Enforcement

18 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

18.1 Purpose 18.2 Findings 18.3 Authority 18.4 Applicability 18.5 Determination of applicability 18.6 Provisions of plan - Procedures 18.7 Fees 18.8 Plan review 18.9 Plan approval 18.10 Appeals 18.11 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, and Stormwater Pollution 18.12 Performance principles 18.13 Performance bond 18.14 Approval-Expiration-Renewal 18.15 Maintenance of measures 18.16 Liability of applicant 18.17 Inspections 18.18 Approval under state Freshwater Wetlands Act 18.19 Notification, non-compliance 18.20 Penalties 18.21 Definitions of Selected Terms 18.22 Severability

19 Historical District

19.1 Authority 19.2 Legislative intent 19.3 Definitions 19.4 Designation of Historic Districts 19.5 Historic District Commission 19.6 Failure of the Commission to act 19.7 Advisory role 19.8 Educational role 19.9 Exceptions 19.10 Equitable actions 19.11 Preservation of endangered structures 19.12 Appeals 19.13 Enforcement

20 Definitions

21 Separability Clause

21.1 Declaration

22 Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances; Effective Date

22.1 Declaration

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