Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

(a) Any special development district commission that adopts a plan of development pursuant to this chapter has the authority to grant variances, deviations, and special exceptions from the literal application of any regulations adopted pursuant to that plan, upon the application …

The commission shall hold a hearing on the application within a reasonable time, and give public notice and due notice of the hearing to the parties in interest and property owners within two hundred feet (200′) of the affected property. At any hearing any party may appear in per…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict, amend, repeal, or otherwise supersede the jurisdiction of the city zoning board of review over any area designated a special development district pursuant to this chapter.

(a) Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the commission may appeal to the superior court for the county in which the municipality is situated by filing a complaint stating the reasons of appeal within twenty (20) days after the decision has been f…

(a) The supreme court and the superior court, within their jurisdictions, upon due proceedings in the name of the city instituted by its city solicitor, have power to issue any extraordinary writs or to proceed according to the course of equity or both: (1) To restrain the erecti…

Whenever the context permits in this chapter, the use of the plural includes the singular, the singular, the plural, and the use of any gender is deemed to include all genders.

If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences, or parts of this chapter are for any reason adjudged unconstitutional or invalid in any court, the judgment does not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions of this chapter, but are confined in its operation to the s…

This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Rhode Island Special Development District Enabling Act”.

Any special development district commission created pursuant to this chapter will not be subject to the provisions of §§ 42-35-1 — 42-35-18. Any commission and its members will be subject to the provisions of §§ 36-14-1 — 36-14-19 and §§ 42-46-1 — 42-46-10.

Notwithstanding any provision or provisions of the charter of any city or town to the contrary, any city or town may sell or otherwise dispose of, or lease, to any person, including, but not limited, to the state or any instrumentality of the state, for consideration (including, …

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings, unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Certificate of approval” means the document issued by a special development district commission approving an application f…

For the purposes stated in § 45-24.4-1, the city council of any city has the authority to establish, designate, lay out, and define, as special development districts, areas that are or may be or have been the subject of or substantially affected by combined federal, state, local,…

(a) A special development district may be established, designated, laid out, and defined by any city council only after a public hearing before the city council or a committee or commission authorized by the city council to investigate and make recommendations concerning the prop…

The city council of any city that has established a special development district shall designate a commission that has been created by the general assembly, as a public corporation and instrumentality of the state, to adopt, implement, and administer a plan of development for the…

The general assembly may create a special development district commission which is a public corporation and which, when designated by the city council of any city, has the authority to adopt, implement, and administer a plan of development for the special development district est…

Any special development district commission created pursuant to this chapter has any purposes that are consistent with the declaration of purpose established in § 45-24.4-1, and has any powers that are necessary and incidental to the effectuation of the stated purposes and the ad…

(a) A special development district commission shall adopt a plan of development for the special development district. Any plan of development adopted by a special development district commission pursuant to this chapter may regulate and restrict, by means of regulations duly adop…