§ 45-24-50. Adoption — Power of council to adopt — Consistency with comprehensive plan.
(a) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare,
a city or town council has the power, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
to adopt, amend, or repeal, and to provide for the administration, interpretation,
and enforcement of, a zoning ordinance. The provisions of a zoning ordinance are stated
in text and map(s), and may incorporate charts or other material.
(b) A zoning ordinance, and all amendments to it, must be consistent with the city or
town's comprehensive plan
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§ 45-24-50. Adoption — Power of council to adopt — Consistency with comprehensive plan.
(a) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare,
a city or town council has the power, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
to adopt, amend, or repeal, and to provide for the administration, interpretation,
and enforcement of, a zoning ordinance. The provisions of a zoning ordinance are stated
in text and map(s), and may incorporate charts or other material.
(b) A zoning ordinance, and all amendments to it, must be consistent with the city or
town's comprehensive plan, as described in chapter 22.2 of this title, and provide
for the implementation of the city or town comprehensive plan.
(c) A zoning ordinance adopted or amended during the pendency of the approval of a municipality's
comprehensive plan must be consistent with that plan, until the zoning ordinance is
brought into full compliance with the Comprehensive Planning Act, §â€‰ 45-22.2-5(a)(4).
(d) The city or town must bring the zoning ordinance or amendment into conformance with
its comprehensive plan as approved by the chief of the division of planning of the
department of administration or the superior court in accordance with its implementation
schedule as set forth in said plan.