{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-24.4-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24.4-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings, unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent:\n(1) “Certificate of approval” means the document issued by a special development district commission approving an application for construction, erection, alteration, demolition, or use of a structure or land within a special development district, and pursuant to which a building permit may be issued.\n(2) “Certificate of rejection” means the document issued by a special development district commission rejecting an application for construction, erection, alteration, demolition, or use of a structure or land within a special development district.\n(3) “Commission” means a special development district commission designated by a city council pursuant to this chapter.\n(4) “Development map” means a map of a special development district that shows the parcels into which the district may have been divided according to the plan of development.\n(5) “Permit” means a building permit issued by a city building inspector.\n(6) “Person” means a natural person or any other legal entity, including, but not limited to, a corporation, firm, partnership, or trust.\n(7) “Plan of development” or “plan” means a plan, including design and development criteria and regulations, for the development of a special development district adopted by a special development district commission pursuant to this chapter.\n(8) “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.\n(9) “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.\n(10) “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.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 24.4 Special Development Districts"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-24.4/45-24.4-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:49Z","sha256":"69344f67687051bfe637f59cedeb2e2474ab2408c790eaa1e739840ee0e93df0","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-24.4-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-24.4-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}