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State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill # State Year Party Topic

S 1086

RI 2025 D Affordable housing incentives and financing, Allow lot split, Appeals, By-right zoning, Commercial land, Deadlines, Density bonus, Density Increases, Enforcement, Funding, Inclusionary zoning, Lands near transit, Manufactured Housing, Minimum parking requirements, Other streamlining, Planning for climate adaptation and hazards, Planning Requirements, Streamline application, Written findings, burden and standard of proof

Provided by Furman

Summary

  • Lowers the amount of affordable units to qualify for a density bonus from 25% to 15% of a development’s units. Applications that utilize a fee-in-lieu of the construction or provision of affordable housing, off-site construction or rehabilitation, or donation of land suitable for development of the required affordable units shall not be eligible for this density bonus.
  • States that the total number of units for the development shall equal the number originally proposed, including the required affordable units, plus the additional units that constitute the density bonus. Local regulations shall provide for reasonable relief from dimensional requirements to accommodate the bonus density.

Provided by lawmakers

Bill Title

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

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