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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

     Introduced By: Representative Thomas Winfield

     Date Introduced: April 13, 2017

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     (by request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 45-23-45 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-23 entitled

"Subdivision of Land" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     45-23-45. General provisions -- Public design and improvement standards.

     (a) Public design and improvement standards for development projects shall be specified,

through reasonable, objective standards and criteria, in the design and improvement standards

section of the local regulations. Appropriate public improvement standards shall be specified for

each area or district of the municipality. Standards may include, but are not limited to,

specifications for rights-of-way, streets, sidewalks, lighting, landscaping, public access, utilities,

drainage systems, fire protection, and soil erosion control.

     (b) All public improvements required in a land development project or subdivision by a

municipality shall reflect the physical character and design for that district which is specified by

the municipality's adopted comprehensive plan. Public improvement requirements and standards

need not be the same in all areas or districts of a municipality. The technical details of the

improvement standards may be contained in an appendix to the local regulations but shall be

considered part of the regulations.

     (c) A town or city that requires the installation of a common cistern or any other water

reservoir for fire protection purposes in a residential subdivision, may by ordinance, provide the

developer the option in lieu thereof to require the installation of code compliant residential

sprinkler systems in structures for human habitation.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

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     This act would permit the substitution by a developer of sprinklers in new developments

instead of cisterns or water reservoirs for fire suppression, if allowed by ordinance.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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