Ordinances Adopted

City of Cranston

ORDINANCES ADOPTED

Pursuant to Section 3.15 of the City Charter, notice is hereby given of the Final Adoption of the Ordinances below.

Complete copies of all Ordinances are available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office, Cranston Central Library and the City website cranstonri.com under calendar by clicking on the meeting date.

Maria Medeiros Wall, JD

City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 2015-23 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 5 OF

THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2015, ENTITLED “BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS”

(Bus Shelter Permit Fees)

Passed: July 27, 2015

Approved: August 6, 2015 pursuant to Sec. 3.14 of the City Charter

*As amended Finance Committee

7/16/2015

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

Section1: Chapter 5.52 entitled Outdoor Advertising is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new section:

5.52.130 – Permit fees

a) Bus Shelter/Advertising Permit – All persons, corporations or other entities who construct, own, lease, operate, maintain or manage a bus shelter including advertising space on City-owned property, shall pay to the City of Cranston an annual permit fee for each such site in the amount of *two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).five hundred dollars ($500.00)

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.

Sponsored by:

Councilman Santamaria

ORDINANCE NO. 2015-34 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 12 OF

THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2013, ENTITLED “STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES” (Roadway Excavation Permit Fee)

Passed: July 27, 2015

Approved: August 6, 2015 pursuant to sec. 3.14 of the City Charter

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

Section 1. Title 12, Chapter 12.04 entitled STREETS AND SIDEWALKS GENERALLY, is hereby amended to read as follows:

12.04.100 - Roadway excavation permits.

A. Non-Utility Company.

1. No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall in any manner make any opening or excavation on, in, upon or under, nor lay any pipe, drain, wire, line, conduit, cable or the like on, in or under any public highway, street, roadway or sidewalk in the city, nor upon any public lands (the jurisdiction over which is not legally reserved to another municipal department) without the prior written consent of the director of public works or his or her designee.

2. No permit shall issue without payment of the following fees:

Water service connection $450.00

Sewer lateral installations 450.00

Storm drain installations 450.00

B. Utility Company.

1. No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall in any manner make any opening or excavation on, in, upon or under, nor lay any pipe, drain, wire, line, conduit, cable or the like on, in or under any public highway, street, roadway or sidewalk in the city, nor upon any public land (the jurisdiction over which is not legally reserved to another municipal department) without the prior written consent of the director of public works or his or her designee.

2. Permits for the installation of any pipe, drain, wire, line, conduit, cable or the like under any roadway or sidewalk shall be issued only to the owner of said wire, line, conduit, cable or the like. Permits for the installation of any pipe, drain, wire, line, conduit, cable or the like shall likewise be issued in the owner’s name only.

3. No permit shall issue without the payment of an administrative and engineering inspection fee in the amount of [seventy-five] one hundred twenty-five dollars [$75.00] ($125.00) per opening.

C. All work shall conform to the “Specifications for Utility Company Repairs to Streets Within the City of Cranston.”

D. The director of public works shall promulgate such specifications, regulations and forms or applications necessary to affect the purposes of this section.

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on its final adoption

Sponsored by: Councilman Stycos

8/6/15