Overlay and special management districts
These are districts that are superimposed on existing zoning district(s) or part of a district, and impose specified requirements in addition to, but not less than, those otherwise applicable for the underlying district(s).
A. Historic Overlay District. This overlay district includes an area within the Village of Kingston designated as a Historic District and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is covered by special zoning restrictions which apply to all structural exterior building changes, street or traffic improvements, landscaping, erection of signs, and removal of trees.
B. Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District. The Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District contains flood zones regulated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), including floodways, coastal high hazard areas, and areas adjacent to flood zones. The purpose of the SFHA Overlay District is to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare in areas subject to recurrent and dynamic flooding events, which present serious hazards to the residents of South Kingstown, by regulating the development and alteration of structures within SFHAs.
C. Groundwater Protection Overlay District. This is an overlay district which is superimposed over any other zoning district in order to provide additional controls to protect groundwater and interrelated surface water resources.
D. Kingstown Road Special Management District. The Kingstown Road Special Management District is located along Route 108, between Peace Dale and Kingston. Its purpose is to prevent the formation of a linear commercial strip in favor of mixed use development that permits limited commercial uses, service establishments and residential uses, as described in the comprehensive plan.
E. Route 1 Special Management District. This area is designated for new or expanded light industrial, commercial or mixed-use zoning to include lands on the west and east side of Route 1 as described in the comprehensive community plan. The area may be serviced by public water and sewer service.
F. Carrying Capacity Overlay (CCO) District. This overlay district includes areas classified as "Lands Developed Beyond Carrying Capacity" in the document entitled "Rhode Island's Salt Pond Region: A Special Area Management Plan," prepared by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, dated November 27, 1984, including the September 1993 addenda and subsequent amendments thereto and areas classified as "Lands Developed Beyond Carrying Capacity" in the document entitled "The Narrow River Special Area Management Plan," prepared by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, dated December 8, 1986, and subsequent amendments thereto.
G. Coastal Community Overlay District. This overlay district, established per G.L. 1956, § 45-24-31, affects "campground" facilities along the town's south shore area in the Villages of Matunuck and East Matunuck. The overlay district provides additional land use controls and administrative allowances to manage and limit changes to these legal non-conforming uses of land as detailed in article 6, section 608 of this ordinance (see also article 2, Nonconformance).
H. Coastal Resiliency Overlay District. The Coastal Resiliency (CR) Overlay District contains the land area depicted on CRMC Design Elevation Maps as being vulnerable to storm surge during a 100-year storm event plus 5-feet of sea level rise (SLR) that lie outside of the FEMA SFHAs. The CRMC Design Elevation Maps allow municipalities and property owners to plan for the effects of future SLR combined with impacts from storm surge, coastal erosion, and wave conditions. The purpose of the CR Overlay District is to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by promoting resiliency in areas that are anticipated to be subject to recurrent and dynamic flooding events, which present serious hazards to the residents of South Kingstown.
(Ord. of 9-26-16(1); Ord. of 2-25-19(1); Ord. of 7-22-19(1); Ord. of 9-14-20(1))