Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 100 - Parks and Recreation › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Development and Operation of Beavertail State Park, Jamestown, Rhode Island ( 250-RICR-100-00-4) › Section 250-RICR-100-00-4.3 - Policy and Regulations

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Based on the
				  foregoing, the Department of Environmental Management adopts the following
				  regulations which shall govern the development and operation of Beavertail
				  State Park:
1. Except as specifically
				  provided for the attached Beavertail Descriptive Plan, roads and bikeways at
				  the Park shall be constructed only on roadways existing at the time of the
				  State's acquisition of the land.
2.
				  Vehicular traffic, including bicycles, shall be restricted to the roads,
				  bikeways, and parking lots. Parking shall only be allowed on paved or graveled
				  areas specifically denoted as parking areas.
3. To the maximum extent possible, pedestrian
				  traffic will be limited to the pedestrian pathways provided for in the
				  Plan.
4. The total parking capacity
				  shall be limited to 150 cars, dispersed among five separated parking areas of
				  30 cars capacity each.
5. Vehicular
				  traffic is to be managed in such a way as to discourage or eliminate traffic
				  from Beavertail Point, in the vicinity of the existing light house.
6. No restrooms shall be constructed except
				  on soils marked as Newport Series, and only then when appropriate percolation
				  tests show suitability of the soil for sewage disposal systems.
7. Management of the Park shall be conducted
				  in such a manner as to encourage dispersion of visitors around the park, rather
				  than their concentration in any particular locality.
8. No development of any sort whatsoever
				  shall be allowed in the large open spaces provided for and depicted in §
											4.4 of this Part. These
				  acres shall be preserved for natural plant succession and wildlife
				  habitat.
9. There shall be allowed
				  at no time overnight camping within Beavertail State Park.
10. The overriding principle of the Park's
				  development, operation and management shall at all times be the restoration and
				  preservation of the natural features of Beavertail Peninsula.
11. An Advisory Committee shall be
				  constituted as follows:
a. The Advisory
				  Committee shall comprise five (5) members.
b. Three of its members shall be selected and
				  appointed by the governing body of the Town of Jamestown, by whatever process
				  that body sees fit.
c. One of its
				  members shall be chosen by the Director of the Department of Environmental
				  Management, or its successor agency, if any.
d. The fifth member shall be mutually chosen
				  by the Town and DEM, shall be a citizen of Rhode Island not a resident,
				  permanent or seasonal, of Jamestown, and shall be knowledgeable in matters of
				  environmental protection and preservation.
12. The Director of DEM shall consult with
				  the Advisory Committee not less frequently than twice annually regarding the
				  operating of Beavertail State Park, and in any event shall consult with the
				  Advisory Committee before making any policy or development decisions with
				  respect to such Park.
13. The
				  Director of DEM shall consult with the Advisory Committee prior to seeking to
				  amend, through the procedures provided in the Administrative Procedures Act,
				  R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35, any part of these regulations.
14. The development, operation, and
				  management of Beavertail State Park shall at all times strictly comply with
				  these Regulations, and §
											4.4 of this Part attached
				  hereto.