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R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-18-1. Advertising subject to chapter
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The term “outdoor advertising,” as used in this chapter, applies only to all advertising displayed to attract the attention of persons on any public highway, or while in the vehicle of any common carrier, or in any station of a common carrier, or while in any public building, pub…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-18-2. Regulatory powers of town and city councils
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In order to preserve the health, safety, morals, and comfort of the inhabitants of this state, the city and town councils, in addition to any powers now enabling, shall have power by ordinance to regulate outdoor advertising in their city or town, as to the place where that adver…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-18-3. Advertising requiring specific approval
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In order to more effectively secure compliance with regulations issued pursuant to § 5-18-2, any ordinance may provide that no outdoor advertising shall be maintained or displayed unless that outdoor advertising, in respect to all the matters specified in § 5-18-2, is first appro…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-18-4. Penalty for violations — Inspection and removal
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Any person who violates any of the regulations issued pursuant to § 5-18-3, or maintains or displays any outdoor advertising without the approval in any city or town where that approval is required, shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00) for every day the violation, ma…