[Approved 10-17-1967 by Ch. No. 1135 as Secs. 28-14 and
28-15 of the 1966 Code]
[Amended 10-8-1992 by Ch. No. 2278; 6-20-2019 by Ch. No. 3198]
Persons are prohibited from riding, driving,
fastening, parking or leaving any horse or other animal or any carriage,
team or other vehicle within the public right-of-way including but
not be limited to a footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, doorway or grassy
area located on City property to the obstruction, hindrance, delay,
disturbance, annoyance of passersby or of persons residing or doing
business in the vicinity thereof, or destruction or damage to the
grassy area located on City property, which is not intended for such
use, except upon the filing of a permit application and a finding
by the Director of Public Works that the proposed obstruction does
not unduly hinder the free flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
The Director of Public Works is authorized to promulgate regulations
to effect the intent hereof. Any violation of this section shall be
punished by a fine in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws.
A.
No person shall place or affix any advertisement,
signs, sandwich-board signs or any other type of sign or advertisement
or sell, store or maintain any materials, products or merchandise
on any public sidewalk, footwalk, utility pole or other object of
similar nature within the City, except those persons who have obtained
a one-day sidewalk sale permit or an outdoor display permit, approved
by the City Council and issued from the office of the City Clerk of
the City of Pawtucket. Said permit shall be posted in the window or
in a conspicuous place in the front of the building.
B.
Sandwich board signs.
(1)
Permit. There shall be an annual permit fee of $20
per sign for all and any sandwich-board signs in the City of Pawtucket.
The property owner and/or business owner will also provide the City,
as part of the permit application, with a certificate of insurance
for liability insurance indemnifying the City as loss payee in the
event of injury to pedestrians caused by the placement and/or maintenance
of the sign.
(2)
The sandwich-board signs will be on commercial property
only and limited to 30 inches in width, 48 inches in height. Such
signs shall be made in a professional manner, both in construction
and materials, as determined by the City and in accordance with Chapter
31 of the Rhode Island State Building Code.
(3)
Any sandwich-board sign placed on a City sidewalk
shall be placed at the property edge of the sidewalk, not at the curb
edge.
(4)
The street frontage of the property(ies) shall limit
the number of signs. Property owners and/or business owners would
be allowed one sandwich-board sidewalk sign for each 50 feet of street
frontage property, not to exceed three signs.
(5)
The sign(s) shall be removed from the sidewalk during
the closed business hours.
(6)
The location of any sandwich-board sign must provide
for a minimum of 36 inches of clearance between the sign edge and
the curb edge in order to allow for pedestrian passage.
C.
One-day sidewalk sale event.
(1)
One-day sidewalk sales are allowed in all zoning districts
throughout the City.
(2)
Permit: no fee. The property owner and/or business
owner will also provide the City, as part of the permit application
for a one-day sidewalk sale event, with a certificate of insurance
for liability insurance indemnifying the City as loss payee in the
event of injury to pedestrians caused by the placement and/or maintenance
of the merchandise.
(3)
Merchandise shall be displayed closest to the building
with a walkway of at least four feet in width, measured from the face
of the curb.
(4)
Said sidewalk sales display shall be limited to the
width of the storefront of the business establishment.
D.
Outdoor display.
(1)
Outdoor displays are allowed in all zoning districts
with the exception of the Commercial Downtown (CD) Zoning District.
(2)
Permit. There shall be an annual permit fee of $25
per business, for all outdoor displays in the City of Pawtucket. The
property owner and/or business owner will also provide the City, as
part of the permit application for an outdoor display, with a certificate
of insurance for liability insurance indemnifying the City as loss
payee in the event of injury to pedestrians caused by the placement
and/or maintenance of the display.
(3)
Outdoor display merchandise shall be displayed closest
to the building with a walkway of at least four feet in width measured
from the face of the curb.
(4)
Said outdoor display shall be limited to the width
of the storefront of the business establishment.
(5)
All outdoor displays of merchandise shall be removed
from the sidewalk while the business establishment is closed.
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter provided that
it take effect 10-1-2001.
On streets not otherwise restricted, merchandise
may be transferred from or to trucks or other vehicles over the sidewalk
by the use of skids and planks only when reasonably necessary, and
provided that the sidewalk is not unreasonably obstructed, and then
only for such reasonable time as is necessary. If the sidewalk and
travel thereon is obstructed by skids or planks for more than 10 minutes
at a time, any police officer may order such skids or planks removed.
If not removed, he or she may himself/herself remove them or cause
them to be removed.
