[Adopted 10-10-1975, amended 4-17-1979
(Ch. I, § 2, 1-02-05, of the 1991 Code)]
In accordance with Title 45, Chapter 22, of the General Laws of Rhode
Island, as amended, there is hereby continued a Planning Board for the Town
of Glocester, Rhode Island.
Members of the Planning Board may receive such compensation as set by
the Glocester Town Council within the limitations of funds appropriated for
this purpose. The Board members may be reimbursed within the limitations of
funds appropriated for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
The Planning Board shall organize annually by electing from its membership
a Chairman, Vice Chairman and a Secretary. The Planning Board may adopt bylaws
for the performance of the duties prescribed in this article.
Within the limits of the funds appropriated for its use, the Planning
Board may engage technical or clerical assistance to aid in the discharge
of its duties. The Planning Board may, subject to confirmation of the Glocester
Town Council and within the limits of the funds appropriated to it, enter
into cooperative agreements with private, state, regional or federal agencies
for technical assistance and studies deemed to be in the best interest of
the community.
[Adopted 11-16-1995, effective 11-16-1995 (Ch.
I, § 2, 1-02-06, of the 1991 Code)]
The Planning Board of the Town of Glocester is authorized to adopt regulations
governing land development and subdivision projects within the Town of Glocester
in substantially the form filed in the minutes of the Town Council Meeting
of November 16, 1995.
The Planning Board of the Town of Glocester is authorized to modify
and amend said land development and subdivision regulations in form and manner
not substantially inconsistent with the form filed in the minutes of the Town
Council Meeting of November 16, 1995.
The Planning Board of the Town of Glocester is authorized to enact rules
and otherwise to provide for the administration, interpretation and enforcement
of said land development and subdivision regulations.
The Zoning Board of Review of the Town of Glocester is appointed and
established as the Board of Appeal under said land development and subdivision
regulations.