Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-22.2
§ 34-18-22.2. Landlord’s duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum housing laws.
Whenever any landlord, either by his or her own labor or through the use of others
acting on his or her behalf, undertakes physical alterations to an existing building
which alterations create a residential apartment or apartments, and the landlord knew
or should have known that the alterations would result in the construction of an apartment
or apartments which violate the applicable state and/or local zoning laws and/or state
or local minimum housing codes, the landlord shall be responsible to pay the moving
costs of any tenants required to move from any of the apartments because of the nonconformity
of the apartments with the law; provided, however, that the landlord will be required
to pay such moving costs only to a place within the same city or town where the property
in violation of the law is located.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 410, § 1.