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Charlestown
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Exeter
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Hopkinton
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New Shoreham
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Richmond
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South Kingstown
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Westerly
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Zoning |
yes
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yes |
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| Growth
Cap |
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no
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yes |
no
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Impact Fee
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pending |
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Groundwater Protection Overlay
District
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no |
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yes
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yes
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Rare Species/Critical Habitat
Protection Area
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yes
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no
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no
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yes
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no
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yes
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no
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to read town's specific policy
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CLUSTER ZONING: A zoning ordinance that
restricts construction of homes to adjacent corners of their
respective properties, leaving large swaths of land as "open
space." This technique helps to maintain a community
with a more rural appearance and decreases the need for redundant
infrastructure.
GROWTH CAP: A limit placed on growth, usually
on number of housing units that can be built in a town.
IMPACT FEE: A fee rendered on construction
of new buildings aimed at charging the developer for the municipal
costs which his/her construction draws on the town. Often,
these funds are labeled by the town for preservation purposes.
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT:
A district which is identified as being important to the protection
of groundwater and therefore subject to restricted building.
RARE SPECIES OR CRITICAL HABITAT PROTECTION
AREA: Areas which are designated as being habitat for rare
species or specifically protected habitats are subject to
restricted building or outrightly designated as "unbuildable."
The information in this table is from GrowSmartRI
Municipal Planning Capacity Assessment for Natural Resource
Protection by Patricia Hickey, Graduate Research Assistant,
URI Coastal Resources Center, December 2000
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