Rhode Island Village / Mixed-Use Mandate (2025 Craven/Bissaillon) (RI)
Tracked preemption from the Rhode Island overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2025-06-01
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 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)Rhode Island Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act (§45-22.2)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
parcel.base_zone_category ∈ {commercial, mu, village}Preempted fields
1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[category=commercial].allowed_uses | add | residential | Residential use must be permitted in some or all commercial districts in every municipality |
Citation
Authority source
2025 Shekarchi housing package (Craven/Bissaillon bills, amending §45-24)
§ 2025 RI housing package — village/mixed-use mandate
Research notes
Layered onto the §45-22.2 comp-plan consistency mandate and the State Guide Plan's Growth Centers framework. Requires every RI municipality to allow residential use in at least some commercial districts — closes the prior pattern of fully-non-residential commercial zoning. Statute mapping is to-be-finalized as Public Laws of 2025 chapter assignments are confirmed.