{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-24.4-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24.4-4","heading":"Special development districts authorized.","body":"For the purposes stated in § 45-24.4-1, the city council of any city has the authority to establish, designate, lay out, and define, as special development districts, areas that are or may be or have been the subject of or substantially affected by combined federal, state, local, and private action in connection with railroad relocation projects and/or railroad abandonment actions, in the same manner as cities are presently empowered to establish, designate, lay out, and define zoning districts.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 24.4 Special Development Districts"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-24.4/45-24.4-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:49Z","sha256":"e3cb120d8bf2124be0823c5d4ff845db72561259d72f802d696fd4d314c3e255","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-24.4-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-24.4-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}