Permits the town of Tiverton to require additional testing, to be performed by the developer, to ensure that there is no dewatering or loss of effective recharge to surrounding wells within close proximity of the new well.
Maddy summarySB 1102 allows the town of Tiverton to set its own density bonus rules for affordable housing developments, overriding standard statewide requirements. Under the bill, Tiverton can determine how many additional market-rate units developers may build in exchange for including affordable housing, based on its local zoning regulations. This exception applies specifically to Tiverton, while other Rhode Island municipalities must follow the standard rule requiring one market-rate unit per affordable unit. The bill also maintains statewide requirements that affordable housing must constitute at least 15% of new developments (for projects over 10 units) and remain affordable for 30 years. Tiverton’s local approach to density bonuses is the only deviation from these statewide rules.
Requires the town of Tiverton to require a minimum number of affordable housing units if there is less than ten percent (10%) of affordable housing in the town.
Maddy summarySB 1099 requires the Rhode Island Housing Authority to update the count of affordable housing units in Tiverton twice yearly. This procedural bill directly affects the Housing Authority’s reporting duties for Tiverton’s affordable housing inventory. It mandates no new housing policies or funding but establishes a regular schedule for tracking existing affordable housing stock. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.
Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of five hundred (500) or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.
Permits Tiverton to require two parking space for each studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom low- or moderate-income housing units upon the determination that limited or no local public transportation or off-street parking availability near these units.
Requires any person who applies to rent or purchase a residence located in Town of Tiverton which qualifies as low and moderate income housing, shall require proof of Rhode Island residency or employment by a local, state or federal entity.
Ensures that minimum egress requirements for conventional subdivisions in Tiverton apply equally to comprehensive permit applications and cannot be waived, modified, or reduced for such applications.
Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of five hundred (500) or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.
Provides that comprehensive permit projects in Tiverton, involving property not connected to either public water or sewer or both, and for which the property is considered hydric said land be excluded from the building land calculation.
