Chapter 006
2023 -- S 0683
Enacted 03/30/2023

A N   A C T
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Introduced By: Senator Alana DiMario

Date Introduced: March 17, 2023

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 45-24-46.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-24 entitled "Zoning
Ordinances" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     45-24-46.5. Special provisions — Emergency declaration modifications.
     (a) A moratorium is hereby imposed on the enforcement of any municipal ordinance or
zoning regulation that would penalize any food business or food service establishment, as defined
in § 21-27-1, or bar as defined in § 23-20.10-2, for any alterations or modifications to its business
made in order to comply with any directives, executive orders, or restrictions issued by the
governor, principal executive officer of a political subdivision, or the director of the department of
health based upon an emergency declaration issued pursuant to § 30-15-9 or § 30-15-13.
     (b) The moratorium imposed pursuant to this section shall continue throughout the
emergency declaration and shall remain effective until April 1, 2023 February 15, 2024. During
this period, all approved nonconforming uses adopted to comply with the emergency declaration
shall be permitted to continue.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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