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R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-27 (2026)

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Sections 45-24-27 through 45-24-72 shall be known as the “Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act of 1991”.

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Cited in 11 cases, 1998–2011 · leading case: Munroe v. Town of East Greenwich, 733 A.2d 703 (R.I. 1999).
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Munroe v. Town of East Greenwich, 733 A.2d 703 (R.I. 1999). · cites it 2× “The general assembly shall have the power to act in relation to the property, affairs and government of any city or town by general laws which shall apply alike to all cities and towns, but which shall not affect the form of government of any city or town.” Zoning, land…”
P.J.C. Realty, Inc. v. Barry, 811 A.2d 1202 (R.I. 2002). · cites it 2× “G.L. 1956 § 45-24-27 through 45-24-72, as enacted by P.”
Cohen v. Duncan, 970 A.2d 550 (R.I. 2009). · cites it 2× “In 1994, pursuant to the Zoning Enabling Act of 1991, G.L.1956 §§ 45-24-27 through 45-24-72, the City of Newport adopted a new zoning ordinance.”
Ridgewood Homeowners Ass'n v. Mignacca, 813 A.2d 965 (R.I. 2003). · cites it 2× “307, § 1) (enabling act), G.L.1956 § 45-24-27 through § 45-24-72. The “Schedule of uses” delineated in § 30-8 of Cranston’s zoning code provides that the “[rjaising and keeping of animals on not less than 10 acres ” is a “permitted use” in the A-80 zone in which the Mignaccas…”
Town of Warren v. Thornton-Whitehouse, 740 A.2d 1255 (R.I. 1999). · cites it 2× “They argued, however, that the Legislature has evinced a clear intention — under the Zoning Enabling Act, G.L.1956 §§ 45-24-27 through 45-24-72, and the Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Act, G.”
Generation Realty, LLC. v. Catanzaro, 21 A.3d 253 (R.I. 2011). “General Laws 1956 § 45-24-27 to § 45-24-72, as enacted by P.”
Duffy v. Milder, 896 A.2d 27 (R.I. 2006). “307, § l(enacting §§ 45-24-27 through 45-24-72).”
Maynard v. Beck, 741 A.2d 866 (R.I. 1999). · cites it 2× “In 1991 the Legislature enacted the Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act of 1991 (the act), G.L.1956 §§ 45-24-27 through 45-24-72. Section 45-24-30 of the act requires that zoning ordinances be developed and maintained in accordance with a comprehensive plan prepared pursuant to the…”
Carlson v. Town of Smithfield, 723 A.2d 1129 (R.I. 1999). “The Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act, §§ 45-24-27 through 45-24-72, “empowers each city and town with the capability to establish and enforce standards and procedures *** and criteria in regulating the type, intensity, and arrangement of land uses,” § 45-24-29(b)(3), and grants…”
New England Expedition-Providence, LLC v. City of Providence, 773 A.2d 259 (R.I. 2001). “2d at 710 ; see also §§ 45-24-27 through 45-24-72. As we stated in Mun-roe, “the legislature clearly intended to establish uniform procedures for land development throughout the state and in explicit terms superseded local regulations, whether authorized by charter, provisions…”
DiRaimo v. City of Providence, 714 A.2d 554 (R.I. 1998). “307, to add §§ 45-24-27 thru 45-24-72, known as “the Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act of 1991,” to the General Laws.”
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