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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SMALL BUSINESSES -- ZONING ORDINANCES | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiMario, Picard, Acosta, Euer, Lawson, Valverde, DiPalma, | |
Date Introduced: January 25, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 45-24-46.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-24 entitled "Zoning |
2 | Ordinances" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 45-24-46.5. Special provisions -- Emergency declaration modifications. |
4 | (a) A moratorium is hereby imposed on the enforcement of any municipal ordinance or |
5 | zoning regulation that would penalize any food business or food service establishment, as defined |
6 | in § 21-27-1, or bar as defined in § 23-20.10-2, for any alterations or modifications to its business |
7 | made in order to comply with any directives, executive orders, or restrictions issued by the |
8 | governor, principal executive officer of a political subdivision or the director of the department of |
9 | health based upon an emergency declaration issued pursuant to § 30-15-9 or § 30-15-13. |
10 | (b) The moratorium imposed pursuant to this section shall continue throughout the |
11 | emergency declaration and shall remain effective until April 1, 2022 2023. During this period, all |
12 | approved nonconforming uses adopted to comply with the emergency declaration shall be |
13 | permitted to continue. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SMALL BUSINESSES -- ZONING ORDINANCES | |
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1 | This act would impose a moratorium on the enforcement of any municipal ordinance or |
2 | zoning requirement that would penalize owners of food service establishments and bars for any |
3 | modifications or alternations to their premises in response to an emergency declaration by the |
4 | governor or local municipal officials. The moratorium would be effective until April 1, 2023. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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