The city council shall establish needful rules and regulations for the operation of all public buildings, except school buildings, public grounds, parks and other public property, which rules and regulations shall be filed with the city clerk and available for public inspection.
The primary use of public buildings and facilities of the city of Cranston shall only be changed as the council, upon the recommendation of the mayor, shall prescribe from time to time by ordinance.
(Prior code § 2-6; Ord. 04-10 § 1)
The northwest corner office space located at City Hall, 869 Park Avenue, on the third floor, and identified on the attached exhibit as "council office" shall be reserved exclusively for city council use. In addition, the center office shall be reserved exclusively for council use after 5:00 p.m. on those days when the council or its committees are in session.
(Ord. 05-16 § 1)
Whenever the school department of the city shall, for a period of ninety (90) days or longer, discontinue the full-time use of more than fifty (50) percent of the floor area of any school building for full-time education purposes, then and in that case, such building shall cease to be under the control of the city of Cranston school department and shall automatically revert to the care, custody and control of the administration of the city of Cranston.
(Prior code § 2-8.4)
All meetings of any agency, committee, and/or department of the city including those of the Cranston school department which are open to the public, shall be held in a meeting place that is accessible by the handicapped.
(Prior code § 2-8.5)
No real estate shall be purchased by or transferred to the city until the following two conditions have been met:
A. 
A phase I environmental impact study shall be performed and the results of said study shall be reviewed and determined to be acceptable by the director of public works; and
B. 
Approval of the transfer or purchase has been approved by the city council by resolution.
Any transfer of real estate to the city for roadways, drainage facilities, infrastructural improvements or other municipal purposes related to the process for recording of subdivisions or land development projects that have been approved by the city planning commission shall be exempt from the above requirements.
(Prior code § 2-8.7)
That the mayor notify all the state senators and representatives of Cranston when state land has been declared surplus and offered to the city for its use and that notification be required if the city declares it no longer has use of state land and also including the following:
A. 
A process by which all municipal departments, agencies and standing commissions are notified of proposed state land transfers.
B. 
Public notice be given by requiring an ad to be placed in the local section of a statewide newspaper.
C. 
A public hearing be required before any action on state land can be taken by the city.
(Prior code § 2-17.7)
A. 
Notification of Receipt of Application. The mayor shall notify forthwith all members of the city council upon receipt from the department of environmental management of notice that an application to construct or substantially alter a hazardous waste management facility has been received. Council members shall be notified of applications for hazardous waste management facilities both within the city and in neighboring communities.
B. 
Requesting Names for Committee. The mayor shall also request from all members of the city council recommendations for public members to serve on any local sitting committee. Final selection of any sitting committee will be announced at the next meeting of the city council.
C. 
Notification of Granting of Permits. The mayor shall further notify forthwith all members of the city council if an application to construct or substantially alter a hazardous waste management facility is granted the necessary permits from the state of Rhode Island and its agencies. This provision shall also apply to hazardous waste management facilities within the city and in neighboring communities.
(Prior code § 2-17.8; editorially amended during 2004 codification)