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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO PROPERTY

	Introduced By: Representative James N. McLaughlin
	Date Introduced: February 28, 2019
	Referred To: House Municipal Government
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 34-36.1-1.06 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-36.1 entitled
2	"Condominium Law" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	34-36.1-1.06. Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes.
4	A zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real estate use law, ordinance, or
5	regulation may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirement upon
6	a condominium which it would not impose upon a physically identical development under a
7	different form of ownership, or otherwise regulate the creation, governance, or existence of the
8	condominium form of ownership. Otherwise, no provision of this chapter invalidates or modifies
9	any provision of any zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real estate use law, ordinance, or
10	regulation. Provided, that in the town of Cumberland, the maximum height allowed for a
11	commercial or residential condominium complex, including, but not limited to, condominium
12	units built atop each other, shall be no more than thirty-five feet (35').
13	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO PROPERTY
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1	This act would provide that in the town of Cumberland, the maximum height allowed for
2	a commercial or residential condominium complex would be no more than thirty-five feet (35').
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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