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Natural Resources Action Plan Adopted by the Jamestown Planning Commission / June 18, 2014 Adopted by the Jamestown Town Council / June 18, 2014 Approved by the State of Rhode Island / CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Jamestown Planning Commission Jamestown Town Council Michael Swistak, Chair Kristine Trocki, President Duncan Pendlebury, Vice Chair Mary Meagher, Vice President Rosemary Enright, Secretary Blake Dickinson Michael Cochran Eugene Mihaly Michael Jacquard Thomas Tighe Bernd Pfeiffer Michael Smith Departments, Committees, Boards and Commissions All Departments and Department Heads of the Town of Jamestown Affordable Housing Committee Fire Chief James R. Bryer Jr. Conservation Commission Janette Warner, Administrative Assistant to the School Superintendent Jane Littlefield, Director of Finance, Jamestown School Department Special Contributors Lisa Bryer, Town Planner Cinthia Reppe, Planning Assistant Justin Jobin, GIS Mapping Christian Belden, Church Community Housing Corporation Phil Zahodiakin, Rosemary Enright, Editors Cover – Lisa Bryer Special Cover Photograph recognition: Charles Bandura – Beavertail Lighthouse Rachel Bryer – Newport Bridge at Sunrise Jesse Dutra – Dairy Cows near Red Barn at Dutra Farm Onne Van der Wal – Aerial Photograph of Dutch Harbor Special thanks to all the citizens of Jamestown who have participated in the Citizen Survey, the public hearings and the compilation and review of this document. This plan updates and expands the 2002 (amended 2004) Jamestown Comprehensive Community Plan which received State approval in 2004. An amendment to the Housing Element, “The Affordable Housing Plan” was adopted by the Town on November 22, 2004 and by the State of Rhode Island on September 2, 2005. It has been prepared and adopted in accordance with the Comprehensive Planning Act, RIGL 45-22.2. This Plan is based upon the 2004 Comprehensive Community Plan’s text dialogue, goals, policies and actions and amendments thereto, but for the purpose of clarity fully supersedes that Plan. By Planning Commission and Town Council Adoption of this Plan on June 18, 2014 this document is Jamestown’s official Comprehensive Community Plan and all Jamestown land use decisions shall be consistent herewith. This document shall not take effect for purposes of guiding state agency actions until approved by the Chief of the Division of Planning within the Department of Administration, or the Rhode Island Superior Court. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PREAMBLE ......................................................................................................... 1 Current Data ............................................................................................................. 4 I. EXISTING CONDITIONS .................................................. 5 A. DEVELOPMENT HISTORY OF JAMESTOWN ........................... 5 B. LAND USE ...................................................................................... 11 1. General ........................................................................................................... 11 2. Land Use Types ............................................................................................. 11 a. The Village.................................................................................................11 b. The Jamestown Shores ...............................................................................12 c. Rural Residential Areas .............................................................................13 d. Conservation Areas ....................................................................................14 3. Current Land Use .......................................................................................... 17 4. Zoning ........................................................................................................... 18 5. Future Land Use ............................................................................................ 27 6. Comparison of Future Land Use and Zoning................................................ 33 7. Consistency with State Guide Plan ............................................................... 33 C. POPULATION ................................................................................ 41 D. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES .............................. 43 1. Physical Geography ....................................................................................... 43 a. Soils ........................................................................................................43 b. Prime Farmland Soils and Farmland Soils of Statewide Significance ......45 c. Slope ........................................................................................................45 d. Topography and Geology ..........................................................................53 e. Hydrology ..................................................................................................53 f. Flood and Natural Hazard Risk ..................................................................57 1) Floods ...................................................................................................61 2) Hurricanes and Severe Rainstorms ......................................................63 3) Nor’easters, Snow and Ice ...................................................................64 4) Natural Hazard Risk Assessment .........................................................65 5) Population at Risk ................................................................................69 2. Water Resources ............................................................................................ 70 a. Coastal Resources ......................................................................................70 1) Public Waterfront .................................................................................... 70 2) Public Rights-of-way ............................................................................... 72 3) Dutch and Gould Islands ......................................................................... 73 b. Freshwater and Estuarine Resources .........................................................73 1) Wetlands .................................................................................................. 77 2) Center Island Watershed and the Public Reservoirs ............................... 78 Jamestown CCP – adopted 6-18-14 Table of Contents i 3) Streams and Ponds .................................................................................. 79 c. Surface Water Quality................................................................................79 d. Groundwater Resources .............................................................................82 e. Ground- and Surface-Water Quality and Quantity (Potable) ....................84 f. Water Quality Protection Methods ............................................................85 1) Federal Sole Source Aquifer ................................................................... 85 2) State ......................................................................................................... 85 3) Local ........................................................................................................ 87 3. Wildlife/Vegetation ....................................................................................... 97 a. Great Creek/Round Swamp .....................................................................100 b. Gould Island .............................................................................................100 c. Beavertail Park .........................................................................................101 d. Jamestown Brook and Wetlands ..............................................................101 4. Cultural and Historical Resources ............................................................... 103 a. National Historic Register........................................................................107 1) Great Creek Archeological District (Jamestown) ................................. 107 2) Windmill Hill Historic District ............................................................. 108 3) Beavertail Light ..................................................................................... 108 4) Conanicut Battery .................................................................................. 109 5) Joyner Archeological Site ..................................................................... 109 6) Keeler Archeological Site ..................................................................... 109 7) Fort Dumpling Site ................................................................................ 110 8) Artillery Park and Town Cemetery ....................................................... 110 9) Jamestown Windmill ............................................................................. 110 10) Horsehead .............................................................................................. 110 11) Friends Meetinghouse ........................................................................... 110 12) Dutch Island Lighthouse ....................................................................... 110 13) Conanicut Island Lighthouse................................................................. 111 14) Shoreby Hill Historic District ............................................................... 111 15) West Ferry Archeological District .......................................................
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