Local Initiatives 



Table 3.3 



Large Lot Size Zoning Requirements Among Rhode Island Communities 

 (note: lot dimensions given establish minimum requirements) 



Lot Size Zoning Requirements Establishing a Minimum Five Acres per Dwelling Unit 



Buirillville - Fanning District (single family residences permitted) - 5 acres (1982) 



Charlestown - Residence Farming District - 5 acres (1984) 



Exeter - Conservation-Recreation District (single family residences permitted) - 5 acres 



Foster - Agricultural-Residential District - 200,000 sq. ft. 



Neighborhood Commercial District - 200,000 sq. ft minimum for family 

 residences (1981) 



Jamestown - Rural Residential District - 200,000 sq. ft. 



Open Space District - 200,000 sq. ft. (single family residences peraiitted 

 (1983)) 



South Kingstown - Rural Low Density - 200,000 sq. ft. 



West Greenwich - Rural-Farming- Residential - 5 acres (1983) 



Minimum Residential Lot Size Zoning Requirements Exceeding 80.000 Square Feet 



Gloucester - Agricultural-Residential - 4 acres 

 Agricultural-Residential - 3 acres 

 Residential - 2 acres (1984) 



Newport - Rural Residential - 160,000 sq. feet 



Rural Residential - 120,000 sq. feet (1984) 



North Smithfield - Rural Estate Agricultural Zone - 120,000 sq. ft. (1982) 



Scituate - Rural Residential - 120,000 sq. feet 



Single Family Residential - 120,000 sq. feet (1982) 



Open Space: No Residential Use 



Burrillville - Conservation and Open Space District - 5 acres 



East Providence - Open Space District - 100,000 sq. ft 



Middletown - Open Space District - 100,000 sq. ft. 



Pawtucket - Public Open Space District - 100,000 sq. ft. 



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