535 Metacom Ave Bristol, RI 02809-5117

GB Zone General business. This zoning district is intended for commercial areas that serve town-wide and regional commercial needs for retail services, and professional office establishments. D Zone Downtown. This zoning district is intended for the preservation of downtown commercial areas. MMU Zone Metacom mixed use. This zoning district is intended for designating key areas along the Metacom Avenue (Rt. 136) corridor for focused development or redevelopment in dense mixed-use zones to help create a sense of place and order and encourage the expansion of business use areas on the first floor of buildings with residential on the upper floors which creates vibrant, walkable neighborhoods well served with appropriately scaled retail, services, and other commercial development. (3) Industrial zoning districts. Industrial zoning districts shall be as follows: M Zone Manufacturing. This zone is intended for general industrial uses that accommodate a variety of manufacturing, assembly, storage of durable goods and related activities, provided that they do not pose toxic, explosive or environmental hazard in the town. (4) Open space zoning district. The open space zoning district shall be as follows: OS Zone Open space. This zone is intended for the preservation of open space in the town. A large-scale, ground-mounted solar photovoltaic facility on town-owned land that is a closed and capped landfill, or on a remediated and restricted contamination site or a contaminated site pending remediation, in the OS zone shall be considered consistent with this purpose. (5) Waterfront zoning district. The waterfront zoning district shall be as follows: W Zone Waterfront. This zone is intended for mixed use residential, commercial, and limited industrial use along the downtown waterfront with an emphasis on preservation, economic development, recreation, and open space. (6) Educational-institutional zoning district. The educational-institutional zoning district shall be as follows: