Because of the changing nature of retail development within the Town and the extensive flooding caused by stormwater runoff, there is a need for redevelopment in portions of the Town. Therefore, the city council hereby designates, in accordance with RIGL 45-32, the redevelopment areas as set forth in this article.
[Added 8-13-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-8]
The Pocasset Reserve is hereby designated as redevelopment area 1 and is more specifically identified as those lands within the Pocasset River Watershed and the Assapumpset Brook Watershed. Specifically, it is intended to include those areas of the watersheds that flood during ten-year or greater storm events.
The town council hereby finds that such redevelopment area is a blighted and substandard area whose redevelopment is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in RIGL Title 45 Chapters 31, 32 and 33.
The Johnston Town Center is hereby designated as redevelopment area 2 and is more specifically identified as follows: Starting at the intersection of Atwood Avenue and Route 6, then heading northeast along a line to the intersection of Hartford Avenue and Dale Avenue, then cross Hartford Avenue running 500 feet northly. Then running westerly along a line that is basically parallel to Hartford Avenue and a distance of 500 feet from Hartford Avenue to a point that is 500 feet easterly of Atwood Avenue, then running northerly parallel to Atwood Avenue and a distance of 500 feet from Atwood Avenue to the southern property line of 1539 Atwood Avenue (AP 20 Lot 79), then westerly along the southerly property line of 1539 Atwood Avenue to Atwood Avenue, then running northwesterly across Atwood Avenue to the northeast corner of 1520 Atwood Avenue (AP 53 Lot 178), then running westerly in a straight line until it intersects with the property line of Johnston War Memorial Park; then southerly along the Park's property line to Hartford Avenue, then crossing Hartford Avenue to the Pocasset River, then southerly along the Pocasset River until the property line of AP 44 Lot 94, then southerly along the property lines of AP 44 Lot 94, 89, 397 and lot 392 until it intersects with the right of way line for Route 6, then easterly to the point and place of the beginning.
The town council hereby finds that such redevelopment area is a blighted and substandard area whose redevelopment is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in RIGL Title 45 Chapters 31, 32 and 33.