§ 23-19-34.1 - Removal of houses – Buffer zone. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-19-34.1

   § 23-19-34.1  Removal of houses –Buffer zone. – (a) The corporation shall oversee the removal of all houses and structureswhich are acquired per § 23-19-34. These houses and structures may besold, but only through a public auction process. In any event, the person orpersons in whom the title of any house or structure was vested at the time itwas acquired by the corporation shall not have a conclusive right to reacquirethe property. Further, the cost of removing these houses and structuresacquired through the public auction process shall be borne by the purchaser.

   (b) As a condition of purchase at the public auction, anyhouse or structure so removed, must be moved to a location or piece of landwhich is more than two thousand feet (2000') from the perimeter of the entireoperational portion of the central landfill and no portion of the location orpiece of land shall be encroached upon to any degree by the two thousand foot(2000') mark.

   (c) All land acquired per § 23-19-34 which is within onethousand feet (1000') of the entire operational portion of the central landfillshall be designated as a buffer zone.

   (d) The corporation shall have the right to sell all landacquired per § 23-19-34, provided the land is sold solely forindustrial/business uses and in conformance with § 23-19-35.1(c). Inaddition, a covenant shall be placed in the deed of any land so sold notifyingthe purchaser of the presence of the central landfill and protecting thecorporation from any legal action by the purchaser with respect to theenvironmental impact of it.

   (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, thecorporation may utilize any property acquired pursuant to this section and§§ 23-19-34 and 23-19-35 for the development of anindustrial/business park pursuant to § 23-19-35.1(c) and this developmentof an industrial/business park is deemed to constitute the establishment of abuffer zone as prescribed in § 23-19-34.