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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0683 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002630 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senator Alana DiMario |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 17, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 45-24-46.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-24 entitled "Zoning 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Ordinances" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 45-24-46.5. Special provisions — Emergency declaration modifications. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) A moratorium is hereby imposed on the enforcement of any municipal ordinance or 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | zoning regulation that would penalize any food business or food service establishment, as defined 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | in § 21-27-1, or bar as defined in § 23-20.10-2, for any alterations or modifications to its business 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | made in order to comply with any directives, executive orders, or restrictions issued by the 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | governor, principal executive officer of a political subdivision, or the director of the department of 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | health based upon an emergency declaration issued pursuant to § 30-15-9 or § 30-15-13. 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The moratorium imposed pursuant to this section shall continue throughout the 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | emergency declaration and shall remain effective until April 1, 2023 February 15, 2024. During 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | this period, all approved nonconforming uses adopted to comply with the emergency declaration 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be permitted to continue. 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LC002630 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 43 | 43 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 44 | 44 | | OF |
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| 45 | 45 | | A N A C T |
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| 46 | 46 | | RELATING TO TOWNS AN D CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES |
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| 47 | 47 | | *** |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act would extend the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024. 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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