Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act (§45-22.2) (RI)
Tracked preemption from the Rhode Island overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1988-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:RI
Other Rhode Island preemptions
Rhode Island Transit-Area Parking Maximum (2026 package, provisional)Rhode Island Village / Mixed-Use Mandate (2025 Craven/Bissaillon)Rhode Island Manufactured Housing By-Right (2024 HB 7980)Rhode Island Statewide ADU Mandate (§45-24-73, 2023 H 6082)Rhode Island Objective-Design-Standards Requirement (2023 H 6090)Rhode Island I-195 Redevelopment District (§42-64.19, Providence)Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act of 1991 (§45-24)Rhode Island Low and Moderate Income Housing Act — §45-53 (RI's 40B)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
always true
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
comprehensive_plan.state_approval | require | — | Every municipality must adopt a comprehensive plan approved by the Division of Statewide Planning, consistent with the State Guide Plan |
zoning.consistency_with_comprehensive_plan | require | — | Zoning ordinances must be consistent with the state-approved comp plan; conflict invalidates the ordinance under §45-24-54 |
comprehensive_plan.readoption_cadence | set_floor | — | 2024 package tightened the re-adoption cycle |
Citation
Authority source
R.I. Gen. Laws §45-22.2
§ §45-22.2 (Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act)
Research notes
Mandates state-approved local comprehensive plans consistent with the State Guide Plan (authorized under §42-11-10). Feeds the §45-24-54 zoning-consistency mandate — comp plan and zoning are linked by statute. Department of Housing reviews the housing element; Division of Statewide Planning reviews the comp plan as a whole.