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Town of South Kingstown Zoning Ordinance

122 sections

1 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS AND OFFICIAL ZONING MAP

100 Preamble 101 Zoning districts 102 Overlay and special management districts 103 Official Zoning Map 104 Identification of the Official Zoning Map 105 Interpretation of zoning district boundaries

2 NONCONFORMANCE

200 Definitions 201 Most restrictive regulations to apply 202 Building, structure or land nonconforming by use 203 Special use permit for addition, enlargement, expansion or intensification 204 Building or structure nonconforming by dimension 205 Single nonconforming recorded lots 206 Abutting nonconforming lots of record under the same ownership 207 Reserved 208 Reserved

3 USE REGULATIONS

300 Schedule of use regulations 301 Schedule of Use Regulations Table 302 Subdivisions—Subdivision approval required 303 Residential compounds

4 DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS

400 Compliance with regulations 401 Schedule of dimensional regulations 402 Notes to schedule of dimensional regulations 403 Reserved

5 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

500 Purposes 501 Supplementary use regulations 502 Supplementary dimensional regulations 503 Supplementary accessory use requirements 504 Special use permits 505 Performance standards 506 Earth removal 507 Standards for the regulations of commercial and industrial uses 508 Cellular communications facilities 509 Low and moderate income housing 510 Solar energy systems 511 Mobile Food Establishments 512 Adaptive reuse

6 OVERLAY ZONES, SPECIAL ZONES AND SPECIAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

600 Historic Overlay District 601 Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) Overlay District 602 Groundwater Protection Overlay District 603 Government and Institutional (GI) Zone 604 Kingstown Road Special Management District 605 Route 1 Special Management District 606 Carrying Capacity Overlay District 607 Public Marina Special Management District (PMSMD) 608 Coastal Community Overlay District 609 Coastal Resiliency Overlay District

7 STANDARDS FOR PARKING LOTS AND LOADING FACILITIES

700 General requirements 701 Submission 702 Location 703 Paving 704 Lighting 705 Drainage 706 Required trash areas 707 Wheel blocks 708 Width of access driveways 709 Loading space requirements and dimensions 710 Parking requirements in CD Districts 711 Minimum off-street parking requirements 712 Parking for accessory apartments

8 SIGNS

800 Purpose 801 Definitions 802 Signs permitted in any zoning district without permits 803 Signs prohibited in all zoning districts 804 Signs in residential zoning districts 805 Signs in commercial and industrial districts 806 Temporary signs 807 Sign plaza 808 Signs—Area, height, setback and number 809 Sign permits 810 Application for a sign permit 811 Fees 812 Issuance of permits 813 Temporary sign permits 814 Hazardous or obsolete signs 815 Abatement and removal of unlawful or unsafe signs 816 Removal of certain signs 817 Special use permit 818 Removal of nonconforming signs

9 ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND RELIEF

900 Zoning Enforcement Officer 901 Building permits 902 Certificate of occupancy 903 Violations and penalties 904 Minimum requirements and conflicts of law 905 Modifications granted by the zoning enforcement officer 906 Zoning Board of Review 907 Variances and special use permits 908 Conditional zoning approvals; procedure 909 Appeals to the Zoning Board 910 Expiration of variances and special use permits 911 Repetitive petitions 912 Appeals to Superior Court 913 Unified development review

10 ADOPTION, AMENDMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE

1000 Consistency with comprehensive plan 1001 Referral to planning board 1002 Notice and hearing requirements 1003 Additional procedure for map amendments 1004 Change of zone limitations and restrictions 1005 Adverse decision 1006 Fees 1007 Publication and maintenance of zoning ordinance 1008 Appeal of zoning ordinance

11 PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1100 Vested rights 1101 Fair share development fees 1102 Development pacing and phasing 1103 Severability 1104 No repeal of prior ordinance 1105 Minimum requirements 1106 Effective date

12 DEFINITIONS A USE CODE DESCRIPTIONS B PARCELS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF PREVIOUS ZONING AMENDMENTS

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NONCONFORMANCE

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