(a)  Before any structure may be erected, constructed, altered, repaired, or demolished within a special development district, the person proposing the construction or other alteration shall file with the commission an application for permission to erect, construct, alter, repair, or demolish the structure, together with plans and specifications, all that may be required by regulations adopted by the commission. It is the duty of the commission to review the application, plans, and specifications, and no building permit shall be granted until the commission has acted on it. No construction or other alteration of a structure may be undertaken within a special development district without a permit.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-10

  • Commission: means a special development district commission designated by a city council pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-3
  • Permit: means a building permit issued by a city building inspector. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-3
  • Person: means a natural person or any other legal entity, including, but not limited to, a corporation, firm, partnership, or trust. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-3
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Regulations: means the rules regulating the construction, erection, alteration, demolition, or use of a structure or land within a special development district adopted by a special development commission pursuant to a plan of development. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-3
  • Special development district: means an area of a city established, designated, laid out, or defined by a city council pursuant to this chapter because it is or may be the subject of combined federal, state, local, and private action relating to a railroad relocation project. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-3
  • Structure: means a building or anything that is constructed or erected and that requires location on the ground or attachment to something located on the ground. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-24.4-3

(b)  At all meetings of the commission, a majority of the commissioners is necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the commissioners present at any meeting at which there is a quorum is the act of the commission, except as otherwise provided by law.

History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 332, § 1.