[Approved 12-11-1969 by Ch. No. 1235]
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
All licensees and licensed places hereinafter
enumerated shall pay the fees hereby fixed and be subject to and governed
by the state statutes contained in the General Laws of Rhode Island,
1956 and amendments thereto, under the following Titles, chapters
and sections: 5-2-1 through 14; 5-5-1 through 5-5-20; 5-7-1 and 2;
5-16-1 through 7; 5-22-1 through 5-22-26; 5-23-1 through 5-23-6; 5-24-1
through 5; 11-19-30 and 31; 19-26-1 through 19-26-19; 41-6-1 through
7, and the rules and regulations herein contained.
[Amended 11-26-1990 by Ch. No. 2168; 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420; 7-21-2005 by Ch. No. 2774; 10-6-2005 by Ch. No. 2783; 11-23-2005 by Ch. No.
2790]
The City Clerk is authorized, at his or her
discretion, to issue, without specific action by the City Council,
licenses authorized by above-mentioned titles, chapters and sections
of the General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, and amendments, except
the following licenses:
A.
Athletic games.
B.
Bagatelle, billiard, pool and scippio tables.
C.
Bowling alleys.
D.
Carnivals and circuses.
E.
Employment agencies or keeper of intelligence.
F.
Laundries.
G.
Pawnbrokers.
H.
Private detectives.
I.
Holiday sales, taverns and victualling houses.
J.
Annual licenses for bingo or beano.
K.
Movies, moving-picture shows, musicals, theatricals,
and vaudeville performances.
L.
Roller-skating rinks.
[Amended 9-8-1983 by Ch. No. 1859; 3-8-1984 by Ch. No. 1874; 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420; 4-22-2004 by Ch. No. 2728; 7-21-2005 by Ch. No. 2774; 10-6-2005 by Ch. No. 2783; 11-23-2005 by Ch. No.
2790; 11-21-2007 by Ch. No. 2882; 11-22-2017 by Ch. No. 3145]
License fees shall be as follows:
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Type of License
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Fee
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Athletic game, professional, defined R.I.G.L.§ 41-6-1:
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Sunday, per game
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$5
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Bagatelle, billiard, pool and scippio tables:
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Weekdays and Sundays, annually, per table December
2 to December 1
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$30
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However, the license fee for any location wherever
any bagatelle, billiard, pool and scippio tables may be kept shall
not exceed $200 annually.
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Bowling alley, weekdays and Sundays annually,
per alley
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$10
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Employment agency or keeper of intelligence,
annually from June 1 to May 31
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$25
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Flea markets
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$100
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Golf, miniature, Sunday
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$75
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Laundries, public and automatic coin-operated
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$10
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Annually from July 1 to June 30
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Pawnbrokers, annually from May 1 to April 30
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$150
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Private detectives, annually from July 1 to
June 30
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$150
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Shows and exhibitions:
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Carnival and circus:
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Weekdays, per day
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$5
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Saturdays and holidays, per day
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$10
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Dance and masquerade:
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Weekdays, per day
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$5
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Saturdays and holidays, per day
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$10
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Entertainment not otherwise specified:
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Weekdays, per day
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$5
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Saturday, Sunday and holidays, per day
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$10
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Movies, moving-picture show, musical, theatrical
and vaudeville performances:
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Annual premises license fee, January 1 to December
31
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$25
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Daily performance fees:
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Performances unsuitable for young persons as
per R.I.G.L. § 42-43-1, each individual showing
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$100
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Roller-skating/ice rinks, annually
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$150
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Holiday sales (from April 1 to March 31)
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$75
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Taverns (rooming houses), annual from December
2 to December 1 at midnight:
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First Class (with meals)
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$100
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Second Class (without meals)
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$30
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Victualling houses, annual from December 2 to
December 1 at midnight:
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First Class (Sundays and holidays)
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$150
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Second Class (no Sundays or holidays)
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$80
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[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 260-4, Fees for change
of location, as amended, was repealed 11-22-2017 by Ch. No. 3145.
A.
Every licensee licensed under the provisions of R.I.G.L.
§§ 5-22-1 through 5-22-26 (shows and exhibitions) and
R.I.G.L. §§ 41-6-1 through 41-6-7 (athletic games),
shall be required to provide a signed police and fire detail form
or waiver of detail form to the City Clerk's office prior to the issuance
of the license. The Director of Public Safety, or his or her designee(s),
may, at his or her discretion, require such licensee to have one or
more police officers and one or more firefighters in attendance.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420; 6-16-2010 by Ch. No. 2939]
B.
In the event that there exist shows and exhibitions
within the City of Pawtucket which are operated on a continuing basis,
week after week, and in the event that such operations have had a
record of quiet and orderly operation, without incident, then the
Director of Public Safety, at his or her discretion, may relieve such
operations from the requirement of police attendance; provided, further,
however, that the operators of such functions satisfy the Director
of Public Safety that they are employing independent means to maintain
order and decorum.
C.
The fee for such police officers and firefighters
shall conform with the contract between the City of Pawtucket and
Pawtucket Lodge No. 4 Fraternal Order of Police and Local 1261 International
Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO.
D.
All such fees shall be paid at the respective department.
E.
All licenses issued by the City Clerk shall designate
the closing hour of the show, exhibition or athletic game for which
such license is issued.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
[Added 10-6-2005 by Ch. No. 2783][1]
Pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 5-23-2, a retail
establishment shall not be open on a holiday as defined in R.I.G.L.
§ 5-23-1(a) unless it has obtained a holiday sales license from
the Pawtucket City Council.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This enactment also repealed
former § 260-6, Classification of Sunday sales licenses; fees,
as amended.
The taverns and victualling house licenses authorized
under R.I.G.L. §§ 5-24-1 through 5-24-5 shall be classified
as First Class and Second Class tavern licenses; First Class and Second
Class victualling house licenses.
A.
A First Class tavern license shall authorize and permit
the licensee thereunder to furnish food and lodging at any time at
the place designated in said license while said license is in force.
B.
A Second Class tavern license shall authorize and
permit the licensee thereunder to furnish lodging, but not food, at
any time at the place designated in said license while said license
is in force.
C.
A First Class victualling house license shall authorize
and permit the licensee thereunder to furnish food, but not lodging,
at any time at the place designated in said license while said license
is in force.
D.
A Second Class victualling house license shall authorize
and permit the licenses thereunder to furnish food, but not lodging,
between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. any day except Sundays
and holidays while said license is in force.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
[Added 3-8-1984 by Ch. No. 1874]
Bingo or beano licenses, as authorized under
R.I.G.L. §§ 11-19-30 through 11-19-45, shall be regulated
as follows:
A.
Fees. Bingo or beano, or substantially the same game
under any other name, shall be as follows: $100 annually plus $25
per game per week.
B.
Yearly license. The yearly license issued for the
conduct of beano or bingo games shall run annually from October 1
to September 30.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
C.
Special permits. In accordance with authority granted
under R.I.G.L. §§ 11-19-40, charitable organizations
that do not intend to run bingo games more than once in any consecutive
six-month period, or those charitable organizations where the total
prizes for any such occasion shall not exceed $75, shall be entitled
to a special permit in lieu of a yearly license. Application for said
special permit shall be obtained from the office of the City Clerk.
Said permit shall be issued by the City Clerk and shall be valid for
one year. There shall be no fee required.
A.
The City Council may authorize the transfer from one
location to some other location or to some other person, firm or corporation
at the same or some other location of any of the licenses that are
allowed to be transferred by law, for the fee of $50.
[Amended 3-8-1984 by Ch. No. 1874; 10-6-2005 by Ch. No. 2783; 11-22-2017 by Ch. No. 3145]
B.
Second Class tavern or victualling house licenses
may be transferred to First Class licenses of the same character either
at the same or some other location but only to the original licensee.
[Amended 10-6-2005 by Ch. No. 2783]
C.
No transfer of any kind shall be made except upon
written application therefor, and the original license shall be surrendered
to the City Clerk at the time of issue of the new license. No license
under a transfer shall be issued until such surrender is made.
No holder of any license herein enumerated shall
open or permit to be opened any place of business except during the
hours authorized by law and the ordinances of the City and in accordance
with the rules and regulations herein set forth. No licensee shall
transact or permit to be transacted any business except as provided
by said laws, ordinances and rules and regulations.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to report to the City Council forthwith any violation of any law,
ordinance, rule or regulation by any licensee, and the City Council
may thereupon revoke the license of any such person.
Any place of business, show, exhibition, dance
or game licensed by or under the authority of the City Council shall
be open at all times to inspection by the Mayor, members of the City
Council, Director of Public Safety, Chief of Police, Chief of the
Bureau of Fire Prevention and inspectors from the State Department
of Health and Community Medical Services.
[Added 7-5-2000 by Ch. No. 2566]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any live production of music or sound by an individual, band,
musician or musicians, any theatrical performance, rope or wire dancing
or other show or exhibition or performance, including but not limited
to, karaoke, wrestling, boxing or sparring match or exhibition or
public skating rink or hall; any music or sound provided by any mechanical,
electronic or other means, such as record, tape or other audio. or
audiovisual means.
Any person, corporation, club, partnership, association,
society or any other organized group of persons, including officers,
directors and trustees of a corporation, club, association or society.[1]
Any room, place or space in the City of Pawtucket in which
entertainment, as defined herein, is produced or provided to which
the public may gain admission, either with or without the payment
of a fee, including, but not limited to, any building, theater, hall
or rink.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "personal
services," added 7-21-2005 by Ch. No. 2774, which immediately followed
this definition, was repealed 11-23-2005 by Ch. No. 2790.
[Added 7-5-2000 by Ch. No. 2566; amended 7-21-2005 by Ch. No.
2774; 11-23-2005 by Ch. No. 2790]
A.
All individuals or business establishments providing
entertainment, as defined herein, shall discontinue the entertainment
portion between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. All individuals
and business establishments shall be closed no later than 1:00 a.m.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this provision shall
not preclude the City Council from further restricting the hours of
entertainment in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of
abutting property owners and/or businesses.
C.
Violation of this section shall be grounds for license
suspension or revocation. In addition, violation of this section shall
constitute sufficient grounds for denial of future entertainment licenses
and may be subject to the following fines:
[Added 4-20-2006 by Ch. No. 2805]
