The committee on safety services and licenses shall be comprised of the members of the city council appointed thereto pursuant to the rules of the city council.
(Prior code § 16-1)
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1685 of the Public Laws of 1946, entitled "An Act conferring upon such committee of the City Council of the City of Cranston as shall be prescribed by ordinance, the power to issue certain licenses" as amended, it is prescribed that whenever by law the power to issue any license or permit shall be conferred upon the city council, such power shall be exercised by the committee on safety services and licenses of the city council, except as hereinafter provided.
Whenever an appeal is taken to the full city council from the granting or denial of a license or permit by the safety services and licenses committee, notice of any such appeal shall be given to the same persons who received notice of the original application or hearing before the safety services and licenses committee, and such notice of appeal shall be given in the same manner as the notice of the original hearing or application.
(Prior code § 16-2)
In the case of the permit referred to in the first sentence of Section 1 of Chapter 1455 of the Public Laws of 1929, relating to erection of structures for the storage of petroleum and other products, the power to issue such permit shall be exercised by the committee on fire department. In the case of the permit referred to in the second sentence of such section, relating to the erection of structures, sale of petroleum and other products, the power to issue such permit shall be exercised by the committee on building of the city council.
(Prior code § 16-3)
Any person aggrieved by the action of the committee on police in granting or refusing to grant any license or permit shall have the right within seven days after the taking of such action to file with the city clerk an appeal to the city council, which, after hearing, may affirm or reverse such action of such committee.
(Prior code § 16-5)
For businesses located within the city of Cranston whose hours of operation are subject to this chapter, the hours of operation listed on their initial application and approved by the committee may not be increased until voted upon by the committee on safety services after a public hearing for which advance written notice has been given. Written notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing and proposed change in hours of operation shall be sent by regular mail to all owners of real property whose property is located in or within not less than two hundred (200) feet of the business seeking to increase its hours of operation. The radius shall be measured from the perimeter of the lot lines on which the business is located. The cost of said notice and radius map shall be paid by the business seeking to increase its hours of operation.
No shops, store or other place of trade or entertainment in the city, excepting licensed taverns, shall be kept open between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.; provided, however, that for sufficient cause shown to the police committee any shop, store or other place of trade or entertainment in the city, except one holding an alcoholic beverage license, may be granted a license to keep open for a longer time upon payment of the license fee required.
An applicant who has been denied a license to keep open all night cannot reapply for the license within a period of six months from the date of denial unless there is a substantial change of circumstances as evidenced by an affidavit signed by the applicant.
(Prior code § 16-16; Ord. 2011-30, § 1, 7/25/2011; Ord. 2012-2, § 1, 1/23/2012)
The members of the safety services and licenses committee, after hearing with due notice to licensee, shall revoke a license and/or levy fines to insure compliance with Title 5 of the Cranston City Code under this chapter if said committee finds that activity from within the licensed premises proximately cause a nuisance, to wit, activity that:
A.
Disrupts the peace and order within the municipality.
B.
Threatens the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality.
C.
Eliminates the quiet enjoyment, comfort and convenience of the municipality and its inhabitants.
In addition to the power to revoke the license holder's license, the city of Cranston Safety Services Committee shall have the power to hear and adjudicate any and all violations of Title 5. Said hearings shall be conducted under oath and with witnesses called before the committee. In the event that the license holder, or other entity is found to be in violation of the license holder's responsibilities, said committee upon a vote of the preponderance of the committee, shall have the power to levy fines based upon the severity of the offense. The maximum fine levied shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) unless otherwise specified by ordinance or state statute.
(Prior code § 16-22.2; Ord. 2018-10, § 1, 5/29/2018)
The termination date of all licenses granted for holiday sales, pursuant to the General Laws, shall be March 31st of each year.
(Prior code § 16-23; Ord. 2025-15, 6/23/2025)
All license applications, upon being received by the city clerk, shall be immediately referred to the building inspector, who shall thereupon give his or her written opinion to the safety services and licenses committee as to the conformity of the proposed use set forth in the application with the zoning ordinance.
(Prior code § 16-24)
The licenses and licensed places hereinafter enumerated shall pay the fees fixed:
Type | Fee |
|---|---|
For transfer of alcoholic beverage license | $200.00 plus advertising |
Liquor advertising renewals | $25.00 |
Sunday sales, annual | $100.00 |
Sunday sales, one day | $15.00 |
Alcoholic beverages: | |
Class A—Retailer | $1,000.00 |
Class B—Tavern keeper | $2,000.00 |
Class B—Victualler Full | $2,000.00 |
Class B—Victualler Limited | $1,500.00 |
Class C—Saloon | $800.00 |
Class D—Full Privilege | $800.00 |
Class D—Limited | $400.00 |
Class E—Pharmacy | $200.00 |
Class J—Convention hall | $1,000.00 |
Victualling house: | |
1—25 seating capacity | $100.00 |
26—50 seating capacity | $150.00 |
Over 50 seating capacity | $250.00 |
Circuses | $50.00 |
Cat or dog show | $10.00 |
Dance | $2.00 |
Amusement, rides, concessions | $10.00 |
Private detective | $150.00 |
Pool and billiard table | $100.00 |
All night | $150.00 |
Pinball-electronic game machines | |
For first machine | $75.00 |
For each additional machine | $90.00 |
Carnivals | $25.00 |
Dance hall | $250.00 |
Drain layers | $100.00 |
Secondhand (Used Cars) | $150.00 |
Secondhand | $100.00 |
Amusement machines: | |
For first machine | $75.00 |
For each additional machine | $90.00 |
Billiard table (per table) | $100.00 |
Gravel bank | $100.00 |
Entertainment (per day) | $250.00 |
Game room | $500.00 |
Boxing | $100.00 |
Bowling alleys: | |
Per alley | $10.00 |
Per Sunday | $1.00 |
Firearms | $100.00 |
Flower vender: | |
For seven days | $250.00 |
Per Sunday | $10.00 |
Employment agency | $100.00 |
Indoor skating rink | $100.00 |
Itinerant food vendor: | |
Resident | $200.00 |
Nonresident | $250.00 |
Junk gatherer | $10.00 |
Leasing of motor vehicles | $150.00 |
Moving pictures | $260.00 |
Sundays | $150.00 |
Peddlers | $50.00 |
Pawnbroker | $100.00 |
Temporary structure | $100.00 |
Trailer camp | $10.00 |
Auto repair | $100.00 |
Mooring fee | |
Club | $105.00 |
Private | $150.00 |
Short-term lender | $250.00 per year |
(Prior code § 16-25; Ord. 03-51 § 1; Ord. 03-58 § 1; Ord. 2020-29, § 1, 7/27/2020; Ord. 2024-3, § 1, 2/26/2024)
Unless otherwise specified, fees for all licenses shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(Prior code § 16-25.1)
The licenses enumerated shall, in addition to any license fees specified by ordinance, pay an initial application fee of ten dollars ($10.00) at the time of filing, and renewal applications shall pay a five-dollar processing fee.
A.
All night;
B.
Auto repair;
C.
Boxing;
D.
Employment agency;
E.
Firearms;
F.
Itinerant food vendor;
G.
Leasing motor vehicles;
H.
Private detective;
I.
Secondhand;
J.
Secondhand (used cars);
K.
Sunday sales, annual;
L.
Temporary structure;
M.
Tobacco; and
N.
Victualling houses.
(Prior code § 16-25.2)
A license or permit may be issued or renewed for the benefit of any applicant who is not current in the payment of any taxes or other assessments due to the city on any property owned by the applicant in the city if the applicant has entered into a payment plan with the city for such delinquent taxes or other assessments, and is otherwise in compliance with all other city code requirements. Such license or permit shall remain in effect as long as the applicant remains current and in full compliance with the terms of the payment plan and all other applicable city code requirements. Upon the applicant's default of the terms of the payment plan, notification will be issued pursuant to Section 5.76.100 as to why such license or permit should not be revoked. For the purposes of issuing or receiving a license or permit under this provision, an applicant may not have more than one payment plan in existence at the time the license is issued or renewed.
(Prior code § 16-26)