Section 45-57-1 Creation - Corporate powers.

RI Gen L § 45-57-1 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 45-57-1. Creation - Corporate powers. (a) There is hereby created a special preservation and management district to be known as the Winnisimet Farm Road District.

(b) The district consists of those lots of record listed on the town of Tiverton tax assessor's plat map 1-7 Block 179, including cards numbered:

1 1a 2 2a 3 3a 3b 4 4a 5 6 7 7a 8 8a 9 9a 10 10a 11a 11b 12 12a 13 13a 14 14a 15 15a 16 16a 17 17a 20 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 67a 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 74a

(c) The district includes privately owned lots as well as common properties owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association, including ponds, beach accesses, open land and streets and associated improvements, to wit, Hamilton Circle, Indian Point Road, Penny Pond Road, Winnisimet Drive, Arrowhead Drive and Sachem Road.

(d) Lots owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association as common property are not lots of record for purposes of voting rights or assessments.

(e) Should any lots be created for future individual ownership, either from common property owned by the Winnisimet Farm Association, or from privately owned property, such newly created lots will be lots of record under the provisions of this act, with future owners incurring all rights and obligations of this chapter.

(f) As used in this chapter, the term "Winnisimet Farm Association" means that neighborhood association previously incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation, which corporation owns the common properties and roads within the district.

(g) The district may have a common seal, sue and be sued, and enjoy the powers generally incident to corporations.

History of Section. (P.L. 1999, ch. 79, § 2.)