[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Smithfield as
indicated in section histories (Ch. 14, Art. I, of the 1985 Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-12-1974]
It shall be unlawful for any person to store, keep for use or maintain
on a day-to-day basis, when not in operation, any hydraulically operated construction
equipment which is not kept in a down position.
[Adopted 4-13-1913]
No person shall revel, quarrel, fight, use obscene or profane language,
wantonly or maliciously raise a cry of fire, knowing or believing the same
to be false, or otherwise behave in a disorderly or indecent manner, to the
disturbance of the public, or encourage the same to be done.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: State law reference - False alarms, G.L. 1956, § 11-44-21.
[Adopted 7-3-1973]
A.
No person shall, without right, enter or remain in or
upon the dwelling house, buildings or the property of any individual, firm
or corporation after having forbidden so to do by the person who has the lawful
control of said premises, either directly or by notice posted thereon.
B.
No person shall willfully trespass or, having no legitimate
purpose for his presence, remain upon the land or other premises of a public
or private school ground in this Town, after having been forbidden to do so
by a police officer of this Town.
[1]
Editor's Note: State law reference - Willful trespass, remaining on
land after warning, G.L. 1956, § 11-44-26.
[Adopted 9-14-1982]
A.
Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and sunrise, no person
shall enter or trespass upon that portion of Town property known and designated
as "The S. Burton and Mary E. Mowry Conservation Area."
B.
No person shall possess or consume any alcoholic beverage
on that portion of Town property known and designated as "The S. Burton and
Mary E. Mowry Conservation Area" or otherwise referred to as the "Old Forge
Road Area."
[Adopted 4-3-1913; amended 4-10-1973]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf,
wander, stand or remain idle either alone and/or in consort with others in
a public place in such manner so as to:
(1)
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tend to
hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or
pedestrians; or
(2)
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway,
public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which
is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property
or with any business lawfully conducted by any person in or upon or facing
or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or
any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted
ingress, egress and regress therein, thereon and thereto.
B.
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in Subsection A herein, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
[Adopted 10-6-1953]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, owning or possessing
an ice box, refrigerator or other container, which is equipped with an exterior
lock to lock the door or cover thereof but with no means to open the door
or cover from the inside thereof, to discard the same without removing such
door or lock, or such cover or lock from said ice box, refrigerator or other
container.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave unattended
outside any building or dwelling or in any vacant lot any such ice box, refrigerator
or other container, without first removing the door or lock thereof or the
cover or lock thereof.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave unattended
inside any abandoned building or vacant dwelling, where children
resort and have access thereto, any such ice box, refrigerator or other container
without first removing the door or lock thereof or the cover or lock thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: State law reference - Abandonment of refrigerator in
place accessible to children, G.L. 1956, § 11-9-10.
[Adopted 4-3-1913]
No person shall play at ball or any other game, or throw stones or other
missiles, in any street or public highway.
[Adopted 4-3-1913]
No person shall slide downhill on sleds on or across any public highway,
unless permission shall previously have been obtained from the Town Council
so to do.
[Adopted 4-3-1913]
No person shall throw, place, put or leave, or cause to be thrown, placed,
put or left, in or upon any street highway, byway, lane, gangway, sidewalk
or any public place, any cans, pans, rags, glass, paper, garbage, dirt, ashes,
dust, cinders, soot, shells, hair, shreds, stones, rocks, bricks, pebbles,
rubbish or any mineral substance or matter whatsoever; provided, however,
that any person may place a reasonable amount of sand, sawdust, salt, ashes
or other suitable substance upon sidewalks or streets covered in whole or
in part with snow or ice for the purpose of rendering them safe for use.
[1]
Editor's Note: State law reference - Litter control, G.L. 1956, § 37-15-1
et seq.
