§ 31-1-27. Business and residence districts.
(a) “Business district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any six hundred feet (600′) along that highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations, and public buildings which occupy at least three hundred feet (300′) of frontage on one side or three hundred feet (300′) collectively on both sides of the highway.
(b) “Residence district” means the territory, contiguous to and including a highway but not comprising a business district, when for a distance of three hundred feet (300′) or more the property is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-27.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions
Section 31-1-1. - Short title.
Section 31-1-2. - Applicability of definitions.
Section 31-1-3. - Types of vehicles.
Section 31-1-3.1. - Autocycles.
Section 31-1-4. - Trucks and tractors.
Section 31-1-6. - Specially constructed and reconstructed vehicles.
Section 31-1-7. - Foreign vehicle.
Section 31-1-8. - Farm vehicle.
Section 31-1-9. - Mobile equipment.
Section 31-1-10. - Types of tires.
Section 31-1-11. - Railroads and trains.
Section 31-1-12. - Explosives and flammable liquids.
Section 31-1-13. - Gross weight.
Section 31-1-15. - Suspension, revocation, and cancellation.
Section 31-1-16. - Administrator and division.
Section 31-1-17. - Types of persons.
Section 31-1-18. - Resident and nonresident.
Section 31-1-19. - Types of business.
Section 31-1-20. - Established place of business.
Section 31-1-21. - Enforcement officers.
Section 31-1-22. - Local authorities.
Section 31-1-23. - Types of roads.
Section 31-1-24. - Intersection.
Section 31-1-26. - Safety zone.
Section 31-1-27. - Business and residence districts.
Section 31-1-28. - Types of traffic control devices.
Section 31-1-30. - Right-of-way.