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LAND USE
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Turf
Farm near Epley Reserve
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Exeter,
RI is a primarily rural community. 70%
of the town's land area remains forest and brushland.
The largest category of developed land is agriculture
which takes up 7.4% of the total land area, or
2,760 acres.
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In spite of
the prevalence of open, undeveloped space in Exeter,it
is still essential to continue to protect the town'srural
character through growth management and land use regulations.
Exeter's Comprehensive
Plan (1994) makes several land use recommendations
with the purpose of creating regulations that encourage
both development and the preservation of open space
in the areas most suitable within that particular land
use category. Click here to
look at some of these recommendations.
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on map to enlarge.
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Possible
land uses for a particular piece of land is determined
by zoning boundaries and regulations. For a description
of each zone, click here.
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