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Town of West Greenwich, RI
Kent County
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New Laws (2) Index
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Rural, Farming, Residential (RFR-2) Zone is to provide adequate land suitable for moderate-density development to establish unified neighborhoods for more efficient, economical community services and facilities and a more pleasant and diversified environment.
B. 
Permitted uses. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Uses allowed by special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.
D. 
Dimensional regulations. The following dimensional regulations shall apply in this zone:
Minimum Yard Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
(acres)
Minimum Street Frontage
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage by Structures
Front
(depth)
Side
(depth)
Rear
(depth)
Maximum Building Height
(feet)
2
200
15%
50
25
50
40
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Rural, Farming, Residential (RFR-1) Zone is to provide adequate land suitable for medium-density development to establish unified neighborhoods for more efficient, economical community services and facilities and a more pleasant and diversified environment. Creation of new lots of record for building purposes shall have a service connection to an existing community water supply as of the date of adoption of this chapter.
B. 
Permitted uses. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Uses allowed by special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.
D. 
Dimensional regulations. The following dimensional regulations shall apply in this zone:
Minimum Yard Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
(acres)
Minimum Street Frontage
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage by Structures
Front
(depth)
Side
(depth)
Rear
(depth)
Maximum Building Height
(feet)
1
150
20%
40
20
40
35
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Open Space and Public Land (OSPL) Zone is to ensure all OSPL owned by a public agency has a district associated with it in the event of transference or sale. This district regulates and manages any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, reserved, and preserved from private development. Such land includes the W. Alton - Jones Campus, state-owned Big River Reservoir property, Wickaboxet State Forest, Arcadia State Forest, Beach Pond State Park and other designated publicly owned land or water. A zoning district would safeguard such property therein, in the event of transference or sale, while granting, via special use permit exclusively, select public-related uses.
B. 
Uses allowed by special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Dimensional regulations. The following dimensional regulations shall apply in this zone:
Minimum Yard Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
(acres)
Minimum Street Frontage
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage by Structures
Front
(depth)
Side
(depth)
Rear
(depth)
Maximum Building Height
(feet)
2
200
15%
50
25
50
40
A. 
The purpose of the Neighborhood Business Zone is to provide areas for business to serve the day-to-day needs of the residential population of the community. It is expected that areas of this zone classification will be located in a manner that is accessible to developed residential areas with the prospect that new locations will be so designated in the future by the Town Council as new residential development occurs.
B. 
Permitted uses. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Uses authorized by special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.
D. 
Dimensional regulations.
(1) 
The following dimensional regulations shall apply in this zone:
Minimum Yard Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
(acres)
Minimum Street Frontage
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage by Structures
Maximum Imper- vious Surface
Front
(depth)
Side
(depth)
Rear
(depth)
Maximum Building Height
(feet)
1
200
25%
65%
60
20
25
35
(2) 
No neighborhood business structure or accessory structure shall be closer than 50 feet to a residential zone boundary.
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Highway Business Zone is to provide areas for commercial activities to serve the needs of the entire community and contiguous regions. It is expected that such zone will be located on major arteries or within a reasonable distance of major highway interchanges to maximize accessibility.
B. 
Permitted uses. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Uses authorized by special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.
D. 
Dimensional regulations.
(1) 
The following dimensional regulations shall apply in this zone:
Minimum Yard Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
(acres)
Minimum Street Frontage
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage by Structures
Maximum Imper- vious Surface
Front
(depth)
Side
(depth)
Rear
(depth)
Maximum Building Height
(feet)
1
200
25%
80%
50
25
30
40
(2) 
No highway business structure shall be closer than 100 feet to a Rural, Farming, Residential Zone boundary.
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Industrial A Zone is to provide areas for the future development of industrial and allied uses and to provide for existing uses of this nature. Areas so designated are considered to be geographically and topographically suitable for such use and are so designated in the interest of providing for the future economic growth of the community.
B. 
Permitted uses. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Uses authorized by special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.
D. 
Dimensional regulations. The following dimensional regulations shall apply in this zone:
(1) 
Lot and building requirements.
Minimum Yard Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
(acres)
Minimum Street Frontage
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage by Structures
Maximum Imper- vious Surface
Front
(depth)
Side
(depth)
Rear
(depth)
Maximum Building Height
(feet)
2
200
25%
45%*
50
30
40
40
*
Includes building coverage
(2) 
Any industrial structure or activity including outdoor storage shall be at least 100 feet from a Rural, Farming, Residential Zone boundary and at least 50 feet from any Neighborhood or Highway Business Zone boundary.
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of the Industrial B Zone is to provide areas for future development of industrial and allied uses which, due to the peculiar nature of their activities, require locations remote from other classes of use. Areas so designated are primarily undeveloped or are very sparsely developed to minimize adverse effect upon neighborhood properties and activities.
B. 
Permitted uses. See attached Zone Use Matrix.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Uses allowed by a special use permit. See attached Zone Use Matrix.
D. 
Dimensional regulations. The dimensional regulations of the Industrial A Zone shall apply to the Industrial B Zone. In addition, the following special requirements shall be observed:
(1) 
Any activity involving an extractive industry or the outdoor storage of used, scrap or salvage materials shall be screened by material objects or an opaque hedge or fence at least six feet in height in such a manner as to prevent visibility of such activity from any public road or from adjacent property.
(2) 
Any activity involving the outdoor storage of used scrap or salvage materials shall be at least 200 feet from any abutting property and at least 500 feet from any public road.
See attached Zone Use Matrix for prohibited uses.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.