Purpose

The purpose of the Watershed Protection Overlay District is:

• • a. To protect, preserve and maintain the quality and quantity of surface water decreed by the town council to be of irreplaceable value as a public water supply upon which the residents of the Town of Tiverton and others depend.

  • b. To protect the quality and quantity of drinking water supplies by regulating the use and development of land adjoining watercourses or primary water recharge areas, and to prevent uses of land within the watersheds of Stafford and Nonquit Ponds that would adversely affect the quality of water.

  • c. To protect the health, safety and general welfare of the public.

It is intended by the town council that this article be interpreted liberally in view of the paramount public interest involved in the preservation of critical water supplies.

(Ord. of 6-4-01(6))