For the purposes stated in § 45-24.4-1, the city council of any city has the authority to establish, designate, lay out, and define, as special development districts, areas that are or may be or have been the subject of or substantially affected by combined federal, state, local, and private action in connection with railroad relocation projects and/or railroad abandonment actions, in the same manner as cities are presently empowered to establish, designate, lay out, and define zoning districts.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24.4-4
Special development districts authorized
Known as the Rhode Island Special Development District Enabling Act
The act spans §§ 45–45 (21 sections).
P.L. 1981, ch. 332, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 344, § 3; P.L. 2003, ch. 345, § 3.
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.