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Tiverton
Town of Tiverton Zoning Ordinance
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§ XIX-7

Protest by property owners

No such amendment or repeal shall be passed except by three-fifths vote of the town council in the event there is filed in the office of the town clerk on or before the day of such hearing, or within three days thereafter, a written protest against such amendment or repeal signed and acknowledged by any of the following:

    • a. The owners of 20 percent or more of the street frontage of the property proposed to be affected;

    • b. The owners of 20 percent or more of the street frontage directly opposite the property proposed to be affected; or

    • c. The owners of the property abutting on 20 percent or more at the boundary line between the property proposed to be affected and the property immediately in the rear thereof, when there is no street between said properties.

The word "owner," as used in this section, shall not be construed to include attaching creditors or lienholders, other than mortgagees.