Lx3cal Initiatives 



runoff to the primary water bodies contained in Zone 1, and which drains into Zone 1 areas 

 through surface water runoff or groundwater movement." 



All land within 200 feet of surface waters and those areas of certain wet soils (Stissing and 

 Mansfield Silt Loams) are included in Zone 1, while Zone 2 includes all other areas of the 

 watershed as officially zoned. Permitted land uses in Zone 1 are open space uses, 

 residential, and uses accessory to residential. Uses prohibited in Zone 2 include: 

 junkyards, sewage treatment plants, incinerators, landfills, transfer stations, car washes, 

 manufacturing uses which do not discharge wastewater to a public sewer system, road salt 

 storage, storage and disposal of hazardous waste, storage of fuel in excess of 300 gallons 

 (above or below ground), except those uses subject to tiie Underground Storage Program 

 regulations. Applicants seeidng special exceptions to requirements in either zone must 

 submit supporting documentation including lists of chemicals to be used, geohydrologic 

 analysis, and a water quality sampling plan. 



North Kingstown Zoning Ordinance. Article Vni, Overlay Districts, adopted April, 1974. 



North Kingstown bases its overlay designation on hydrogeological parameters, 

 including all lands defined by USGS as overlying deposits having a saturated thickness of 

 over 40 feet and a transmissivity exceeding 60,000 ^xl. In Groundwater Reservoir 

 Overlay Districts, permitted uses are limited to single family residential, recreation, 

 conservation, and agriculture. A minimum lot size of three acres is applied, with maximum 

 impermeable lot coverage of 20 percent Recharge Overlay Districts are regulated in a 

 separate section of the zoning ordinance, which provides that discharges into groundwater 

 must nieet applicable EPA standards. Other uses are allowed by special exception, 

 provided an applicant successfully proves that the proposed use will have no polluting 

 effects (method not described). 



Recommendations to Town Councils 



Overlay Districts 



Develop programs to ensure consistency between land use and water resource/supply 

 protection objectives: 



♦♦Using results of the environmental inventory and review recommended in 

 related sections, prepare maps of important water resources, including areas 

 influencing municipal wells, primary recharge areas to existing or potential future municipal 

 wells, high yield aquifer areas, weUands, and other areas subject to storm flowage and 

 important as flood storage areas. 



***Use overlay zoning to protect these areas, via formulation of aquifer 

 protection overlays, flood hazard overlays, water resource protection districts, etc. Within 

 the designated districts, restrict density and prohibit uses which could potentially impair the 

 viability of water resources per se or integrated hydrologic systems. 



♦♦Consider forming watershed-wide water resource protection advisory 

 committees to advise planning boards of the member towns on development within 

 the watershed. Development proposals would be reviewed by the committee, and findings 

 and recommendations would be reported to the municipal body or bodies having 

 jurisdiction. 



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