[Added 8-21-2008 by Ch. No. 2896]
A. The purpose of a MBRD is to allow the redevelopment
of industrial sites for mixed use development through careful site
planning.
B. This article is intended to accomplish the following
objectives:
(1)
Promote the appropriate reuse of the mill structures
in the City built before 1950;
(2)
Provide for expanded economic redevelopment
of the mill structures in the City; and
(3)
Promote mixed use of the mill complexes remaining
in the City to ensure their viability.
C. Any MBRD District may contain one or more manufacturing
and/or commercial structures, accessory buildings, common areas, open
space and roadways.
[Amended 8-20-2009 by Ch. No. 2928; 10-12-2023 by Ch. No. 3280; 12-20-2023 by Ch. No. 3287]
A. Establishment. A reuse development may be established upon development plan review or land development project approval in accordance with Article
IIIA of this chapter for any mill listed in the Pawtucket Mill Building Survey dated 1995 and on file in the Department of Planning and Redevelopment, in any MB or MO Zone in which the proposed use of each building is permitted in accordance with Table of Use Regulations of this chapter and Article
VA.
B. Permitted uses. Uses permitted by right in the MB or MO Zone and
the following uses, listed by Table of Use Regulations category, are
permitted in a Mill Building Reuse District:
Use Table Reference Number
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Use
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1.
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Residential uses: D, L and O;
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6.
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Neighborhood commercial uses; A, B, and C;
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7.
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General commercial uses: A, B, and F
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8.
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Personal services: A, E, F, and G;
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10.
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Offices uses: A, B and C.
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C. Conditional uses. Uses permitted by special use permit in the MB
or MO Zone and the following uses, listed by Table of Use Regulations
category, are permitted in a Mill Building Reuse District:
Use Table Reference Number
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Use
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5.
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Public, semipublic, education and recreation uses: C, N, O,
P, Q, and R;
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7.
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General commercial uses: D
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D. Additional criteria for approval. The approval of a reuse development shall be based upon the criteria set forth in §
410-15.1I, and in addition:
(1)
That the reuse development is not displacing an active manufacturing
and or industrial use and that there is no reasonable expectation
that manufacturing will continue at the site.
(2)
The reuse development will not create a serious conflict with
adjacent manufacturing and or industrial businesses in the MO and
MB Zones.
(3)
The developer has a plan to notify all tenants and owners of
the buildings and units in the reuse development that they are in
a MO or MB Zone and that allowed industrial zone uses that may be
perceived as a nuisance or otherwise obnoxious shall give them no
cause for action against such industrial and or manufacturing activity.
(4)
The plans for the reuse do not include the demolition of more
than 25% of the existing structures.
E. Review by the Pawtucket Historic District Commission.
(1)
Proposed mill building reuse projects which are not participating
in the federal or the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit Program shall
be reviewed by the Pawtucket Historic District Commission prior to
a development plan review application being considered complete.
(2)
Scope of review. The review by the Historic District Commission
shall be advisory only to the permitting authority. Such advisory
opinion shall be in writing and shall comply with all requirements
of the regulations, including those for filing of records and decisions.
The permitting authority may reject the advisory opinion of the Historic
District Commission when considering the application before it or
may incorporate the Historic District Commission's recommendations
as conditions of the establishment of the Mill Building Reuse District.