Overlay district regulations—Institutional-educational (IE)

307.1. Intent. It is the intent of this subsection to establish an institutional overlay district for the purpose of regulating educational facilities within the City of Warwick and in accordance with subsection 302.2 of this ordinance.

307.2. Permitted uses. The following educational facilities are permitted within the institutional-educational (IE) overlay district in accordance with table 1, Use Regulations.

• • (A) Junior college, college or university, including public or private institutions of higher learning.

  • (B) Vocational, business or other schools.

  • (C) Resident dormitory, fraternity, or sorority.

  • (D) Accessory uses to the preceding including living quarters for students, faculty, and staff, dining and/or restaurant facilities with kitchen and food preparation and storage (provided however that restaurants be clearly related to and catering to the students, faculty, staff, and guests of the institution), parking lots and garages, heating plants, fraternities, sororities, and other uses clearly incidental to the primary institutional use.

307.3. Dimensional regulations. The institutional-educational (IE) overlay district shall comply with subsection 306.3 of this ordinance.

307.4. Administrative procedure. The institutional-educational (IE) overlay district may be enacted by amendment to the "zoning map" upon application to the city council. The procedures described in subsections 305.1 and 305.2 shall govern the approval process for the institutional-educational (IE) overlay district.

(Ord. No. O-23-24, § I, 12-20-23)