Mandatory permitted uses
As required by section 45-24-37 of the General Laws, the following uses shall be permitted uses within all residential districts and all industrial and commercial districts, except where the zoning inspector determines that residential use would present a public health or safety hazard:
(a) Households.
(b) Community residences.
(c) Family day-care homes.
(d) Any time a building or other structure used for residential purposes, or a portion of a building containing residential units, is rendered uninhabitable by virtue of a casualty such as fire or flood, the owner of the property is allowed to park, temporarily, mobile and manufactured home or homes, as the need may be, elsewhere upon the land, for use and occupancy of the former occupants for a period of up to twelve (12) months, or until the building or structure is rehabilitated and otherwise made fit for occupancy. The property owner, or a properly designated agent of the owner, is only allowed to cause the mobile and manufactured home or homes to remain temporarily upon the land by making timely application to the local building official for the purposes of obtaining the necessary permits to repair or rebuild the structure.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (ordinance), appropriate access for people with disabilities to residential structures is allowed as a reasonable accommodation for any person(s) residing, or intending to reside, in the residential structure.
(Ord. of 1-8-04)