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Town of Tiverton Zoning Ordinance
209 sections
I
INTRODUCTION
I-1
Title
I-2
Statement of purposes
I-3
Consistency with comprehensive plan
I-4
Conformance with zoning ordinance
I-5
Municipal Exemption
II
DEFINITIONS
III
ZONING DISTRICTS
III-1
Establishment of districts
III-2
Official zoning map
III-3
Interpretation of zoning boundaries
III-4
Lots of record divided by a zoning district boundary
IV
DISTRICT USE REGULATIONS
IV-1
Interpretation of zoning district use table
IV-2
Residential uses
IV-3
Farming or raising of animals
IV-4
Public and semipublic uses
IV-5
Public utility uses
IV-6
Recreation uses
IV-7
Office uses
IV-8
Restaurants and entertainment
IV-9
Service business
IV-10
Retail business
IV-11
Transportation uses
IV-12
Wholesale business and storage
IV-13
Industrial uses
IV-14
Cannabis uses
15
Accessory uses
16
Prohibited uses
17
Manufactured home elderly community
18
Age restricted mixed use community
19
Large scale office park development
20
Planned development park
21
Casino gaming and entertainment overlay district—CGE
22
Adaptive reuse projects
V
DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS
V-1
Dimensional regulations table
V-2
General requirements
V-3
Density and lot area calculations
V-4
Building height and limitation on fill and cut
VI
OTHER DISTRICT REGULATIONS
VI-1
Yard regulations and accessory structures
VI-2
Departures from yard requirements
VI-3
Reserved
VI-4
Vision clearance at corners
VI-5
Height modifications
VI-6
Home occupation
VI-7
Setbacks from certain water bodies
VI-8
Unaccepted streets
VI-9
Merger of lots by "use."
VI-10
Performance criteria
VII
SUBSTANDARD LOTS OF RECORD
VII-1
Substandard original lots
VII-2
Merger of lots under single ownership
VII-3
Standards for merger on a district-by-district basis
VII-4
Applicable dimensional requirements
VII-5
Special use permit
VIII
WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
VIII-1
Purpose
VIII-2
Designation of watersheds
VIII-3
Use regulations
VIII-4
Environmental review procedures
VIII-5
Contents of environmental review statement
IX
RURAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
IX-1
Introduction
IX-2
Purposes
IX-3
General provisions
IX-4
Density
IX-5
Permitted uses
IX-6
Prohibited uses
IX-7
Dimensional regulations for rural residential developments
IX-8
Common open space requirements
IX-9
Private roads and common drives
X
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
X-1
Parking regulations
X-2
Off-street loading regulations
X-3
Parking, storage and use of major recreational equipment in residential districts
X-4
Parking and storage of certain vehicles
X-5
Service station location requirement
X-6
Freshwater wetlands
X-7
Modifications to dimensional requirements
XI
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
XI-1
Applicability
XI-2
Development permit requirements
XI-3
Velocity zone requirements
XI-4
Variances
XII
SIGN REGULATIONS
XII-1
Statement of purposes
XII-2
Definitions
XII-3
General standards
XII-4
Standards by use
XII-5
Legal nonconforming signs
XII-6
Violations
XII-7
Prohibited signs
XII-8
Temporary signs requiring a permit
XII-9
Permits
XII-10
Signs exempt from permits
XII-11
Special use permit
XII-12
Sign maintenance and removal
XII-13
Protection under First Amendment rights
XIII
REGULATION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
XIII-1
General requirements
XIII-2
Administration and enforcement
XIII-3
Non-residential performance standards
XIV
NONCONFORMING DEVELOPMENT
XIV-1
Definition
XIV-2
Continuance
XIV-3
Abandonment
XIV-4
Demolition or destruction
XIV-5
Extension, enlargement or moving
XIV-6
Expansion of quarrying or mining
XIV-7
Change of use
XIV-8
Prior illegal establishment
XV
ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW
XV-1
Organization
XV-2
Procedures of the board
XV-3
Powers and duties of the board
XV-4
Procedure for appeals
XV-5
Procedure for special use permits and variances
XV-6
Public hearing requirement
XV-7
Special conditions
XV-8
Filing fees
XV-9
Appeal from a decision of the zoning board of review
XVI
SPECIAL USE PERMITS
XVI-1
Applicability
XVI-2
Uses not listed in table of uses
XVI-3
Findings and recommendations
XVI-4
Criteria for all special use permits
XVI-5
Criteria for specific categories of special use permits
XVII
VARIANCES
XVII-1
Applicability
XVII-2
Procedure
XVII-3
Standards for granting variances
XVIII
ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
XVIII-1
Zoning officer
XVIII-2
Building permit
XVIII-3
Ordinance provisions as minimum requirements
XVIII-4
Vested rights
XVIII-5
Violations
XVIII-6
Penalty for violations
XVIII-7
Maintenance of zoning ordinance and map by town clerk
XVIII-8
Review of zoning ordinance by planning board
XVIII-9
Repetitive petitions
XVIII-10
Technical review committee
XIX
AMENDMENT
XIX-1
Procedure for amendment
XIX-2
Review by planning board
XIX-3
Public notice requirements
XIX-4
Written notice requirements
XIX-5
Decision of the town council
S6RE
[Section 6. - Reserved.]
XIX-7
Protest by property owners
XIX-8
Recording of amendment
XX
DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW
XX-1
General provisions
XXI
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
XXI-1
Statutory authority and purpose
XXI-2
Definitions
XXI-3
Comprehensive permit: In general
XXI-4
Comprehensive permit: Eligible applicants and projects
XXI-5
Comprehensive permit: Available municipal subsidies
XXI-6
Comprehensive permit: Application requirements
XXI-7
Comprehensive permits: Review procedures
XXI-8
Comprehensive plan: Appeals
XXI-9
Comprehensive permit: Vesting
XXII
IMPACT FEES
XXII-1
Impact fees authorized
XXII-2
Findings
XXII-3
Intent
XXII-4
Definitions
XXII-5
Imposition of public facilities impact fee and appeals
XXII-6
Calculation of the impact fee
XXII-7
Payment of fee
XXII-8
Capital facilities impact fee proprietary fund established
XXII-9
Use of funds
XXII-10
Vested rights
XXII-11
Refund of fees paid
XXII-12
Exemptions
XXII-13
Effective date
XXIII
LEGAL STATUS
XXIII-1
Severability
XXIII-2
Effective date
XXIV
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
XXIV-1
General
XXIV-2
Definitions
XXIV-3
Zoning district use regulations
XXIV-4
Roof-mounted SES
XXIV-5
Ground-mounted SES use by zone
XXIV-6
Ground-mounted SES general conditions and requirements
XXIV-7
Accessory ground-mounted solar energy systems
XXIV-8
Principal ground-mounted solar energy systems
XXIV-9
Impaired site ground-mounted solar systems
XXIV-10
Agricultural accessory ground-mounted solar systems
XXIV-11
Solar canopy
XXIV-12
Maintenance plan
XXIV-13
Decommissioning
XXIV-14
Financial surety
XXV
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
XXV-1
Unified development review
XXVI
CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
XXVI-1
Conservation development
XXVI-2
Applicability
XXVI-3
Subdivision approval required
XXVI-4
Maximum density for conservation developments
XXVI-5
Permitted uses
XXVI-6
Additional standards for multi-family conservation development projects
XXVI-7
Additional standards for conservation development projects with a combination of dwelling types
XXVI-8
Maintenance
XXVI-9
Open space
Unofficial copy. The official record is maintained by the municipality.
§ XII
SIGN REGULATIONS
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