2024-6 An Ordinance in Amendment to the Town Code of the Town of Middletown,

ORDINANCE OF THE

TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN CODE OF THE

TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN

TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
Chapter 152, Zoning Code

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS:

FIRST: That Town Code Title XV, Chapter 152, Entitled "Zoning Code", Article 4 – Definitions, Section 400 is amended as follows (language to be deleted is [struck] out within brackets; language to be added is underlined):

ARTICLE 4 DEFINITIONS

§ 400 DEFINITIONS

LOT LINE. A line of record bounding a lot, which divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public or private space and shall include:

(a) Front: The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way[t]. For a corner lot or through lot, developed or vacant, the front line shall be the lot line that has the required lot width/frontage. If more than one lot line, or no lot line meets the width/frontage requirement, the Zoning Official shall determine the front line based on which street the front door or main entrance of the existing or planned principal structure faces, or if that method is not determinative, based on which of the lot lines separating the lot from a street right of way is longer.

(b) Rear: The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line, or in the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, an assumed line at least ten feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line; and

(c) Side: Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line. On a corner lot, a side lot line may be a street lot line.

SECOND: This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and its provisions shall supersede any inconsistent or contrary provision in any other ordinance.

April 15, 2024

READ AND PASSED IN COUNCIL

Wendy J. W. Marshall, MMC
Town Clerk