In accordance with Title 45, Chapter 53 of the Rhode Island
General Laws, the R.I. Low and Moderate Income Housing Act, as amended
(the "Act"), and the Town of Charlestown Zoning Ordinance, Article
V, the Planning Commission has been designated as the local review
board and shall have the authority to issue a comprehensive permit
to build a qualifying low or moderate income housing project, which
relief shall include all approvals or permits from any local board
or town official having supervision of the construction of buildings
or the power of enforcing land use regulations, but not limited to,
the power to attach to the approval or permit, any conditions and
requirement with respect to setbacks, height, site plan, size, shape,
building materials, landscaping and parking consistent with the terms
of the Act. All definitions and terms contained in the Act are incorporated
into these regulations by reference. The regulations contained herein
are intended to be complementary and to be used in unison with Article
V of the Charlestown Code of Ordinances, Zoning, Low and Moderate
Income Housing.
Any applicant proposing to build low or moderate income housing
may submit to the local review board a single application for a comprehensive
permit to build that housing in lieu of separate applications to the
application local boards. The complete requirements for filing such
application are set forth fully in the Charlestown Code of Ordinances,
Zoning at Article V et seq.