§ 45-57-1 — § 45-57-1. Creation — Corporate powers.

Rhode Island § 45-57-1

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 45: Towns and cities
• Ch. 45-57: Winnisimet Farm Road District

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§ 45-57-1. Creation — Corporate powers.

(a) There is hereby created a special preservation and management district to be known as the Winnisimet Farm Road District.

(b) The district consists of those lots of record listed on the town of Tiverton tax assessor's plat map 1-7 Block 179, including cards numbered:

1  1a  2  2a  3  3a  3b  4  4a  5  6  7  7a  8  8a  9  9a  10  10a  11a  11b  12  12a  13  13a  14  14a  15  15a  16  16a  17  17a 20  26  27  28  29  30  32  33  34  35  36 37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47 48  50  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59  60 61  62  63  64  65  66  67  67a  68  69  70 71  72  73  74  74a

(c) The district includes privately owned lots as well as common properties owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association, including ponds, beach accesses, open land and streets and associated improvements, to wit, Hamilton Circle, Indian Point Road, Penny Pond Road, Winnisimet Drive, Arrowhead Drive and Sachem Road.

(d) Lots owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association as common property are not lots of record for purposes of voting rights or assessments.

(e) Should any lots be created for future individual ownership, either from common property owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association, or from privately owned property, such newly created lots will be lots of record under the provisions of this act, with future owners incurring all rights and obligations of this chapter.

(f) As used in this chapter, the term "Winnisimet Farm Association� means that neighborhood association previously incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation, which corporation owns the common properties and roads within the district.

(g) The district may have a common seal, sue and be sued, and enjoy the powers generally incident to corporations.

Legislative History

P.L. 1999, ch. 79, § 2.