[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Pawtucket as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Approved 8-24-1967 by Ch. No. 1133]
No person shall, for the purpose of causing
a condition of intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction
or the dulling of his or her brain or nervous system, intentionally
smell or inhale the fumes from any glue containing a solvent which
has the property of releasing toxic vapors, provided that nothing
in this section shall be interpreted as applying to the inhalation
of any anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any glue or cement containing toluene or acetone.
Includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations,
executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and agents.
No individual shall, for the purpose of violating § 182-1, use, or possess for the purpose of so using, any glue containing a solvent having the character of releasing toxic vapors.
No person shall, except in a bona fide commercial
establishment operated at a fixed location, sell to any other person
any tube or other container of glue containing a solvent having the
property of releasing toxic vapors, and all sales of such glue not
made in or from such an establishment are hereby prohibited.
No person shall sell, give or otherwise transfer
to any other person under the age of 21, except with the written consent
of the parent or guardian of such other person, such consent to appear
on a form prescribed by the Chief of Police, any tube or other container
of glue containing a solvent having the property of releasing toxic
vapors, provided that nothing contained in this section shall be considered
applicable to the sale of a model kit containing as a part thereof
a tube or other container of any such glue, nor shall this section
be considered applicable to the sale of a tube or other container
of any such glue immediately in conjunction with the sale of a model
kit requiring the use of approximately such quantity of glue for the
assembly of a model, provided further, that nothing herein contained
shall be applicable to the transfer of a tube or other container of
such glue from a parent to his or her child or from a guardian to
his or her ward.
Each person who, in one transaction, or in two
or more transactions closely connected in time, sells to any other
person, separately from the sale of two or more model kits requiring
the use of approximately such quantities of glue for the assembly
of the models in such kits, two or more containers of glue containing
a solvent having the property of releasing toxic vapors, shall require
such other person to exhibit means of identification of himself, and
shall record in a register conforming with requirements established
by the Chief of Police the name, address and description of such other
person. The name and address of each person who, under the circumstances
described in the preceding sentence, purchases two or more containers
of glue containing a solvent having the property of releasing toxic
vapors shall, within not more than 24 hours, excluding Sundays and
holidays, and on a form prescribed by the Chief of Police, be reported
to the police station in the precinct in which the establishment of
the seller of the glue is located.
[Amended 5-24-2018 by Ch. No. 3160]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding
$20.
