The city or town council shall empower, by ordinance, the planning board to adopt, modify and amend regulations and rules governing land development and subdivision projects within that municipality and to control land development and subdivision projects pursuant to those regulations and rules.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-23-51
Local regulations — Authority to create and administer regulations
Known as the Rhode Island Land Development and Subdivision Review Enabling Act
The act spans §§ 45–45 (78 sections).
P.L. 1992, ch. 385, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.