Town of Portsmouth, RI
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2022-04-11
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 405 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 12 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Emergency Management
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Personnel
- Ch 50 Purchasing
- Ch 65 Unrestricted General Fund Balance
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 83 Alarms
- Ch 89 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 95 Amusements
- Ch 101 Animals
- Ch 118 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 124 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 148 Design Guidelines
- Ch 155 Earth Removal
- Ch 170 Fees
- Ch 177 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 183 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 189 Fire Lanes
- Ch 206 Garages and Gasoline Stations
- Ch 215 Harbormaster Ordinance
- Ch 221 Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
- Ch 230 Junk Dealers
- Ch 236 Land Development and Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 243 Littering
- Ch 250 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 257 Noise
- Ch 260 Nuisances
- Ch 268 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 274 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 288 Property Maintenance
- Ch 299 Residential Growth Management
- Ch 314 Short-Term Rental of Residential Dwellings
- Ch 320 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 326 Solid Waste
- Ch 333 Stone Wall Preservation
- Ch 336 Stormwater Management
- Ch 339 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 352 Taxation
- Ch 358 Tent Licensing
- Ch 364 Tobacco Products
- Ch 370 Trade Shows
- Ch 375 Tree Preservation and Protection
- Ch 382 Vehicles, Junked or Abandoned
- Ch 392 Wastewater Management District
- Ch 397 Yard Sales
- Ch 405 Zoning
- Ch 405 Art I General Purposes
- § 405-I-A General application of this ordinance.
- § 405-I-B Purposes.
- § 405-I-C Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan.
- § 405-I-D Existing buildings and land use.
- Ch 405 Art II Definitions
- § 405-II-A Generally.
- § 405-II-B Definitions of terms.
- Ch 405 Art III Division into Districts
- § 405-III-A Establishment of districts.
- § 405-III-B District boundaries and descriptions.
- § 405-III-C Rules for interpretation of zoning boundaries.
- § 405-III-D Application of district regulations.
- § 405-III-E Open Space and Public Lands District.
- § 405-III-F Flood hazard areas.
- § 405-III-G Traffic Sensitive Overlay District.
- § 405-III-H Watershed Protection District.
- § 405-III-I Water Resource Protection District, WRPD.
- § 405-III-J Multi-family Incentive District.
- § 405-III-K Redevelopment District.
- Ch 405 Art IV District Intensity Regulations
- § 405-IV-A Land space requirements - general.
- § 405-IV-B Land Space Requirements Table.
- § 405-IV-C Special yard and coverage requirements.
- § 405-IV-D Height and yard modifications.
- § 405-IV-E Density and coverage in multi-use situations.
- Ch 405 Art V Use Regulations
- Ch 405 Art VI Non-Standard Development
- § 405-VI-A Substandard lots of record.
- § 405-VI-B Nonconforming development.
- § 405-VI-C Alteration of nonconforming development.
- § 405-VI-D Variances.
- Ch 405 Art VII Special Use Permits
- § 405-VII-A General.
- § 405-VII-B Procedures.
- § 405-VII-C Apartments, condominiums, cluster or town houses.
- § 405-VII-D Motels and hotels.
- § 405-VII-E Antennas.
- § 405-VII-F Limited light industry.
- § 405-VII-G New retail business, office or consumer service complex, alteration or substantial improvement.
- Ch 405 Art VIII Land Development Projects
- § 405-VIII-A Applicability.
- § 405-VIII-B Procedure.
- § 405-VIII-C Residential open space development.
- § 405-VIII-D Planned unit developments.
- Ch 405 Art IX Specific Development Regulations
- § 405-IX-A Off-street parking and loading.
- § 405-IX-B Signs.
- § 405-IX-C Vision clearance.
- § 405-IX-D Design review standards.
- Ch 405 Art X Special Conditions
- § 405-X-A General.
- Ch 405 Art XI Development Plan Review
- § 405-XI-A
- § 405-XI-B
- § 405-XI-C
- § 405-XI-D
- § 405-XI-E
- Ch 405 Art XII Administration and Enforcement of Zoning Ordinance
- § 405-XII-A Maintenance of the Zoning Ordinance.
- § 405-XII-B Application procedure.
- § 405-XII-C Preapplication conference.
- § 405-XII-D Fees.
- Ch 405 Art XIII Zoning Board of Review
- § 405-XIII-A Establishment and procedures.
- § 405-XIII-B Application procedure.
- § 405-XIII-C Powers and duties of Zoning Board of Review.
- § 405-XIII-D Decisions and records of Zoning Board of Review.
- § 405-XIII-E Participation in zoning hearings.
- Ch 405 Art XIV Appeals to the Zoning Board of Review
- § 405-XIV-A Right of appeal.
- § 405-XIV-B Appeals to Zoning Board of Review.
- § 405-XIV-C Stay of proceedings.
- § 405-XIV-D Public hearing by Zoning Board of Review.
- § 405-XIV-E Decisions and records of Zoning Board of Review.
- Ch 405 Art XV Adoption of Ordinance and Amendments
- § 405-XV-A Power of Council to adopt.
- § 405-XV-B Procedure for adoption or amendment.
- § 405-XV-C Review by Planning Board.
- § 405-XV-D Notice and hearing requirements.
- § 405-XV-E Conditions set on zone changes.
- § 405-XV-F Creation of vested rights.
- Ch 405 Art XVI Violations
- § 405-XVI-A
- § 405-XVI-B
- § 405-XVI-C
- Ch 405 Art XVII Appeals to Superior Court
- § 405-XVII-A Appeals to a decision of the Zoning Board of Review.
- § 405-XVII-B Judicial aid in enforcement.
- § 405-XVII-C Appeal of enactment of or amendment to zoning ordinance.
- Ch 405 Art XVIII Validity and Severability
- Ch 405 Art XIX Low and Moderate Income Housing
- § 405-XIX-A Authority to grant a comprehensive permit.
- § 405-XIX-B Procedure for approval of construction of low or moderate income housing.
- § 405-XIX-C Filing fees.
- § 405-XIX-D Effective date.
- § 405-XIX-E Duplex units.
- § 405-XIX-F Residential Multi-Family Incentive District.
- Ch 405 Art XX Solar Energy Systems (SES)
- § 405-XX-A Purpose and intent.
- § 405-XX-B Permits required.
- § 405-XX-C SES Classifications.
- § 405-XX-D District use regulations.
- § 405-XX-E SES dimensional requirements.
- § 405-XX-F Medium and large SES application requirements.
- § 405-XX-G Medium and large SES siting requirements.
- § 405-XX-H Small SES application requirements.
- § 405-XX-I Violations.
- Appendix
- Ch A408 AED Policy
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Portsmouth as last amended 6-8-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-06-08. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Earth removal — See Ch. 155.
Garages and gasoline stations — See Ch. 206.
Hazardous waste management facilities — See Ch. 221.
Junk dealers — See Ch. 230.
Land development and subdivision regulations — See Ch. 236.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 288.
Soil erosion and sediment control — See Ch. 320.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 336.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 339.
Tree preservation and protection — See Ch. 375.
Wastewater management districts — See Ch. 392.
Yard sales — See Ch. 397.
