Enactment, Authority and Purpose

Land Development and Subdivision Review Regulations Town of Smithfield, RI

SECTION I

GENERAL

ARTICLE A. ENACTMENT, AUTHORITY, AND PURPOSE. The following Regulations governing the land development and subdivision of land development and subdivision of land in the Town of Smithfield are hereby adopted by the Smithfield Planning Board in accordance with Title 45, Chapter 23, Sections 25 through 74 of the General Laws of Rhode Island (1956, as amended), known as "The Land Development and Subdivision Review Enabling Act of 1992", and the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Smithfield, Chapter 16, Article II, Division 2, "Planning Board/Subdivisions" (1985, as amended), and are declared effective as of: March 4, 1996 (as amended May 25, 2006, March 22, 2007) All Regulations and Amendments or parts of Regulations and Amendments which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. These Regulations are intended to be consistent with the Smithfield Comprehensive Community Plan, the Smithfield Zoning Ordinance, and all other applicable federal, state, and local land use Regulations have been designed to address the following purposes:

1. Protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community;
2. Providing for the orderly, thorough and expeditious review and approval of land developments and subdivisions;
3. Promoting high quality and appropriate design and construction of land developments and subdivisions;
4. Promoting the protection of the existing natural and built environment and the mitigation of all significant negative impacts of any proposed development on the existing environment;
5. Promoting design of land developments and subdivisions which are well-integrated with the surrounding neighborhoods with regard to natural and built features, and which can best support intensive use by reason of natural characteristics and existing infrastructure;
6. Encouraging the design and improvement standards to reflect the intent of the community comprehensive plans with regard to the physical character of the various neighborhoods and districts of the municipality;
7. Promoting through technical review of all proposed land developments and subdivisions by appropriate local officials;
8. Encouraging local requirements for dedications of public land, impact mitigation, and payment-in- lieu thereof, to be based on clear documentation of needs and to be fairly applied and administered; and
9. Encouraging the establishment and consistent application of procedures for local record keeping on all matters of land development and subdivision review, approval and construction.

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