Prohibited uses
Uses not listed or not generally provided for in the zoning district use table shall not be permitted anywhere in the Town of Tiverton. Additionally, the following specific uses shall not be permitted within the Town of Tiverton:
a. Loam stripping, for the purposes of removal off-site.
b. Offal or dead animal dumping.
c. Any industrial use which is obnoxious by reason of the emission of odors, gases, dust, noise or vibration or by reason of danger of fire or explosion or of hazards to health; see article XIII for standards and enforcement.
d. Manufactured (mobile) home parks, or mobile home/trailer park.
e. The installation of underground storage tanks, including underground pipes connected thereto, which are used to contain an accumulation of petroleum product (gasoline, No. 1 or No. 2 fuel oil, No. 1 or No. 2-D diesel oil, waste oil or gasohol) or hazardous material, and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes, is ten percent or more beneath the surface of the ground, in all residential zoning districts or in any other district where its purpose is to serve a residential or farm dwelling. This prohibition does not apply to storage tanks located in an underground area such as a basement or cellar, if the tank is situated upon or above the surface of the floor. In addition, this prohibition does not apply to underground storage tanks containing propane; those tanks are specifically permitted as buried tanks.
f. Incinerators or hazardous waste management facilities.
g. Concrete manufacturing plants.
h. Bituminous concrete manufacturing plants.
i. Petroleum refining and related.
j. Drive-in theater.
k. Junkyard or storage of unregistered vehicles.
l. Open lot storage of junk, scrap, salvage materials, construction equipment and/or materials not associated with a wholesale business (see section 12.b), as determined by the building official/zoning officer, and as defined: Junk: Any cast-off, damaged, discarded, junked, obsolete, salvage, scrapped, unusable, worn-out or wrecked object, thing or material, including but not limited to those composed in whole or in part of asphalt, brick, carbon, cement, plastic or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, plaster, plaster of Paris, rubber, terra cotta, wool, cotton, cloth, canvas, wood, metal, sand, organic matter or other substance.
A public utility, (i.e., gas, electric, sewer, or water company or similar entity) may be allowed to temporarily store non-hazardous materials and limited construction equipment associated with an active and formally permitted utility project in the following zones only on lots of three (3) or more acres: highway commercial, industrial and planned development park, and general commercial upon approval by the town council for a period not to exceed (18) eighteen consecutive months, which may be extended by the town council for an additional (18) months. No such approval shall be given except by a written finding by the building official that the temporary storage of material and limited construction equipment will:
(1) Not interfere with or be detrimental to the surrounding area or neighborhood.
(2) No other suitable area is available and/or closer to the permitted utility project.
(3) The public interest and welfare will be served by the utility project.
(4) Adequate measures related to safety, traffic, and erosion control have been demonstrated by the public utility, and
Within sixty (60) days of the completion of the permitted utility project, the public utility shall remove all material and equipment, and restore the parcel to its pre-use condition. For good cause shown, the building official may extend the time for removal and or remediation, but in no event shall an extension be granted for a period to exceed an additional (60) days.
m. Quarrying of or mining for sand, gravel, rocks or minerals.
n. Mobile homes as dwellings in all zoning districts.
o. Crematorium.
p. Billboard.
q. Brewery.
r. Campground.
s. Distillery.
t. Dry cleaning or Laundromat that processes on-site.
u. Electric vehicle charging station, commercial.
v. Golf course or golf club.
w. Hookah lounge/bar.
x. Manufacturing, except as regulated herein.
y. Motorcross/all-terrain vehicle venue for driving, racing and/or instruction.
z. Motor freight terminal.
aa. Nuclear power station.
bb. Pawn shop.
cc. Payday loan shop.
dd. Primary manufacture or storage of ammonia, bleach (chlorine), acetylene gas.
ee. Private beach.
ff. Production of rubber, glue or asphalt.
gg. Pulp mill.
hh. Self-service car wash.
ii. Sewage treatment or solid waste disposal facility.
jj. Smelter, blast furnace, blooming mill.
kk. Tent or recreational vehicle (RV) camp.
ll. Transient trailer park.
mm. Wind turbine.
nn. Recycling center.
(Ord. of 6-4-01(3); Ord. of 4-10-06; Ord. of 10-10-06(1); Ord. of 7-24-23(1); Ord. No. 2024-0007, 6-24-24; Ord. No. 2024-0012, 9-9-24; Ord. No. 2025-0001, § 5, 2-24-25; Ord. No. 2025-0006, § 2, 4-21-25)