Title 45, Title 45 and Cities

(a) The town of New Shoreham, by vote of any regular or special financial town meeting, may establish a police court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction to hear and determine criminal causes involving the violation of any ordinance of the town council of the town; pro…

(a) The city council of the city of Pawtucket may establish a municipal police court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance; provided, that an…

(a) The city council of the city of Central Falls may by ordinance confer upon the police court of the city of Pawtucket original jurisdiction to hear and determine criminal causes involving the violation of any ordinance of the city of Central Falls; provided, that any defendant…

Notwithstanding any prior ratification and validation by the general assembly of any home rule charter provision requiring that police officers and firefighters reside within the employing city, town, or state of Rhode Island, no home rule charter provision shall require that a p…

Notwithstanding any prior ratification and validation by the general assembly of any home rule charter provision requiring that municipal employees reside within the employing city or town, no home rule charter provision shall require that a municipal employee reside within the c…

Every city or town has the exclusive right, power, and authority to name any and all city or town sponsored projects, including, but not limited to, buildings, bridges, edifices, and any and all other construction or erection sponsored by the town or city and also including all p…

(a) For purposes of this section, the definition of “liquefied natural gas” as stated in § 39-1-2 applies. (b) Purpose. The General Assembly hereby recognizes the importance of establishing procedures and standards for the supervision and regulation by the state and by the cities…

(a) There is hereby created, in the city of Providence, a department of public parks. The division of public lands and parks of the department of public property is hereby eliminated. (b) The department of public parks is responsible, subject to the authority of the board of park…

(a) The city council of the city of Warwick may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housing …

Towns and cities may raise by a tax on real or personal estate, or on both, any money necessary to pay town or city debts, or to defray the charges and expenses of the town or city as described in this chapter; and may include the town’s or city’s proportion of any state tax whic…

Cities and towns or their agencies owning ratable property devoted to a public use which is located within any other city or town, and such other city or town where such property is located, respectively, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreements from time to t…

(a) There is hereby created in the town of Coventry a senior citizens’ board. (b) The senior citizens’ board is responsible for the administration of programs for senior citizens and the operation of senior citizens’ centers. (c) The senior citizens’ board consists of nine (9) me…

(a) The city council of the city of Cranston may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws to hear and determine causes the involving violation of any ordinance of the city including all mi…

Every city and town has the power to establish an arson prevention program to train and provide technical assistance to community groups in the collection and assimilation of data pertaining to the identification of real property with a high probability for potential arson.

(a) The town council of the town of Coventry may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housing…

(a) The city council of the city of Woonsocket may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housi…

(a) The town council of the town of West Warwick may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum hou…

(a) The city council of the city of Central Falls may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum h…

Any city or town may make a charitable contribution not in excess of one thousand dollars ($1000) to any incorporated charitable institution.

(a) The town council of the town of Westerly may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housin…

Towns or cities may, at any legal meeting, grant and vote sums of money that they judge necessary: (1) For the purchase of sites for, and for the erection and repair of, town and city houses and other public buildings; (2) For the support of schools, and purchase of sites for and…

(a) The towns of Hopkinton, West Greenwich, Richmond, and Charlestown may, at any legal meeting, grant and vote sums of money that they judge necessary: (1) For the purchase of sites for, and for the erection and repair of, town houses and other public buildings; (2) For the supp…

(a) Unless otherwise provided by a city or town charter, in an emergency caused by a failure of a city or town to approve an annual appropriation measure, the same amounts appropriated in the previous fiscal year shall be available for each department and division thereof, subjec…

Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, any person seeking to work or volunteer for a municipal recreation department, or any municipal recreation department having the written authorization of a person seeking to work or volunteer for the mun…

(a) Any person seeking employment as a firefighter with any city or town in Rhode Island shall undergo a national and state criminal background check to be initiated prior to, or within one week of, employment after receiving a conditional offer of employment. (b) The applicant s…

(a) The town council of the town of Narragansett may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum ho…

(a) Each business including, but not limited to, wholesale, commercial, retail, professional service or manufacturing by the sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, or any other business entity shall, prior to its commencement of business within the town of North Provid…

(a) Each business including, but not limited to, wholesale, retail, commercial, professional service or manufacturing whether by sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations or any business entity shall register their business, company, trade or office situated in the town of…

(a) All wholesale, retail, commercial, professional service or manufacturing businesses, whether by sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations or any business entity, shall register their business, company, trade, or office situated in the town of Warren with the town clerk…

(a) Unless otherwise provided herein, the owner and operator of each wholesale, retail, commercial, professional service, and manufacturing business, whether sole proprietorships, partnership, corporations, or any business entity, shall register their business situated in the tow…

(a) Every wholesale, retail, commercial, or manufacturing business located in Richmond, whether a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other business entity, shall register with the town clerk of the town of Richmond. The information provided upon registration shall …

In the town of Warren, the town council is authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the administrative issuance and renewal of all licenses the council is authorized to issue pursuant to this title or any other section of the general laws, with the exception of licenses that requ…

(a) All sole proprietorships, partnerships, or any other form of business entity not filed at, or registered with, the secretary of state, shall register their business, company, trade, or office situated in the town of Cumberland with the town clerk of the town of Cumberland. Ea…

(a) The town council of the town of Charlestown may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum hou…

(a) Each city, town, or municipal court shall impose, in addition to all other assessments, a substance abuse prevention assessment of thirty dollars ($30.00) to be levied against those speeding violations enumerated within §§ 31-41.1-4 or those violations of any city, town, or m…

(1) The town council of the town of Tiverton may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housin…

The town of New Shoreham is hereby authorized to charge, assess, or otherwise collect a one dollar ($1.00) landing fee on each passenger over the age of twelve (12) arriving on Block Island by public or private boat. All fees collected less expenses of collection shall be utilize…

(a) The city of Newport is authorized to charge, assess, or otherwise collect from every cruise vessel landing in the city of Newport a landing fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per passenger and from every cruise vessel embarking from Newport, a boarding fee of ten dollars ($10.00) pe…

(a) The town of Narragansett is hereby authorized to charge, assess, or otherwise collect a one dollar ($1.00) landing fee on each passenger over the age of twelve (12) arriving in the Port of Galilee, Narragansett, Rhode Island, by public or private boat; provided, however, that…

(a) The town council of the town of Exeter may amend the Exeter town ordinance to provide for and entitle the town council to authorize the appointment of a tax assessor. The tax assessor shall serve at the pleasure of the town council. Qualifications shall be set by the town cou…

(a) The town council of the town of Middletown may establish a municipal court and confer upon the court original jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimum housi…

(a) The city council of the city of East Providence may establish a municipal court and confer upon that court original jurisdiction, not withstanding any other provisions of the general laws, to hear and determine causes involving the violation of any ordinance, including minimu…

The town or city council of each municipality and the state of Rhode Island shall by ordinance or by administrative order direct that their appropriate departments and employees exercise due care and caution while performing tasks of brush removal and cleaning in areas of stone w…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, an historic stone wall shall be defined as “a vertical structure of aligned natural stone, originally constructed in the 17th, 18th, 19th or 20th centuries, to designate a property boundary between farmsteads or to segregate agricultural acti…

Cities and towns may take, purchase, and hold real and personal property, and alienate and convey the property; and may also take, hold, and manage the property in trust for any charitable, other than religious, uses, and may make all contracts, including lease or lease-purchase …

Whenever a husband and wife are employed by different cities and towns, both with residency requirements related to their employment, they may elect to reside in the city or town in which either of them is employed.