Standards and requirements for development

A. Uses Allowed

1. Uses permitted by right or special use permit are listed in Table 18.16.010 and are allowed anywhere on the lot except as follows:

a. Use Code 626, Vehicle service stations, automotive repair, and vehicle body repair, shall:

i. Be accessory to primary use of the district or project;

ii. Be set back at least 700 feet from the edge of the Route 138 right of way;

iii. In vehicle service stations and in facilities offering automotive or vehicle body repair, all services except fuel sales shall take place inside an enclosed building;

iv. If adjacent to a residential zone or use, parts, supplies, and equipment stored outdoors, and vehicles parked outdoors overnight or longer, shall be screened by a dense evergreen buffer at least ten (10) feet deep;

v. Shall provide a detailed plan explaining how lubricants and fuel oils will be stored to prevent soil, ground water, and surface water contamination; and

vi. Section 18.36.090 shall not apply to this Use in the PUD-VC zone.

(Ord. dated 7-21-26)

b. Use Codes 532, Transportation terminal, 534, Airport, helipad, 536, Towing with vehicle storage, and 537 Office with indoor or outdoor vehicle storage not otherwise classified, shall be set back at least 700 feet from the edge of the Route 138 right of way. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

c. Use Code 642, Warehouse sales with indoor storage only, with greater than 50,000 square feet of floor area shall be set back at least 700 feet from the edge of the Route 138 right of way (Ord. dated 7-21-26);

d. Use Code 644, Warehouse sales with outdoor storage, with greater than 50,000 square feet of floor area shall be set back at least 700 feet from the edge of the Route 138 right of way (Ord. dated 7-21-26); and

e. All uses within Part 90, Manufacturing & Extractive, shall be set back at least 700 feet from the edge of the Route 138 right of way. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

f. The 700 foot setback from the edge of the Route 138 right of way for the above identified uses may be reduced by dimensional variance. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

B. Site design details, including but not limited to landscaping and open space networking, shall be approved by the planning board. Public improvements shall be constructed in conformance with the requirements of the land development and subdivision regulations and any other applicable municipal ordinance. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

C. No residential dwelling unit in the district shall have more than two (2) bedrooms. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

D. A minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate of the business, commercial and industrial area in the district or project shall be devoted to open space or recreational uses. The applicant may include more than twenty percent (20%) open space or recreational area but the planning board may not require more. Streets, parking areas (except as needed for trail and recreational uses), required yards, utility easements, or above ground or open stormwater management structures shall not occupy the required open space and recreational area. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

E. Land Development and Subdivision Regulations, Article 4, Section 4.1, Conservation Developments, shall not apply to the PUD-VC Zone. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

F. The planning board may waive or modify lot dimensional standards including, building lot coverage, building height, floor area, building setbacks and lot areas, without the need for a dimensional variance, if it finds that such waiver or modification would result in a more functional use of the property. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

G. The planning board shall approve the shape, site, location and use of open space. An open space and conservation area shall be a component of the master plan. A pathway or walkway plan, if feasible, as determined by the Planning Board, may be a component of the master plan. Any conservation or preservation easements for open space shall be conveyed, as per R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-47(e), and subject to mutually agreed to terms including indemnification provisions, to:

a. The town of Richmond and accepted by it for park, open space, agricultural, or other specified use or uses; or

b. A nonprofit organization, the principal purpose of which is the conservation of open space or resource protection; or

c. A corporation or trust owned or to be owned by the owners of lots or units within the development, or owners of shared within a cooperative development. If such a corporation or trust is used, ownership shall pass with conveyances of the lots or units; or

d. Remain in private ownership subject to a restrictive use deed limiting the uses to agriculture, habitat, forestry, park, or open space. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

F. Approval and development of the district or project may take place in phases approved by the planning board. The planning board shall approve the physical limitations and time limitations applicable to each phase at the time of master plan approval. (Ord. dated 7-21-26)

(Ord. dated 11-19-02 (part); Ord. dated 6-5-12; Ord. dated 7-21-26)