Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-20 (2026)

Contents of adoptive ordinance

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The adoption of a redevelopment plan by a legislative body shall be by ordinance. The ordinance shall:

(1) Designate the project by area, name, and number.

(2) Include findings that the project area is blighted and substandard and requires clearance, replanning, redevelopment, rehabilitation, or improvement or any combination of these remedies.

(3) State the purposes and intent of the legislative body with respect to the project area.

(4) Refer specifically to the determinations required in §§ 45-32-13 — 45-32-18.

(5) Incorporate by reference the redevelopment plan.

(6) Designate the approved plan as the official redevelopment plan for the project area.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1999 · leading case: Capital Props., Inc. v. State, 749 A.2d 1069 (R.I. 1999).
Capital Props., Inc. v. State, 749 A.2d 1069 (R.I. 1999). · cites it 4× “G.L. § 45-32-20, the PRA, and subsequently the City Council, in adopting the ordinance was required to make “findings that the project area is blighted and substandard and requires .”
Perez v. Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency, 302 A.2d 785 (R.I. 1973). · cites it 3× “There is little need to spend any great length of time disposing of this argument other than to direct plaintiffs’ attention to §45-32-20 (d). There, it states that the declarations required by §§45-32-15, 16 and 17 shall be referred to specifically in the ordinance which adopts…”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-32-20(e) — 1 case
Perez v. Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency, 302 A.2d 785 (R.I. 1973). “There is little need to spend any great length of time disposing of this argument other than to direct plaintiffs’ attention to §45-32-20 (d). There, it states that the declarations required by §§45-32-15, 16 and 17 shall be referred to specifically in the ordinance which adopts…”
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