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Town of Smithfield, RI
Providence County
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[Adopted 6-25-1962; amended 7-2-1962; 11-21-1995; 5-5-1999 (Sec. 15-4 of the 1985 Code of Ordinances); 3-18-2003; 4-6-2004]
A. 
Georgiaville Beach is to be open to the public during such hours as are determined by the Town Manager and which are posted in the Town Hall.
B. 
All vehicles, motor boats and boat trailers in use or parked at Georgiaville Beach must have a valid sticker.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, regarding senior citizens and veterans, as amended, which subsection immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 3-18-2008.
The owner or operator of any vehicle or boat trailer which is at Georgiaville Beach without a valid sticker will be fined $25 for each offense, and said vehicle and/or boat trailer may be towed by the Town at the owner's expense. Such fine may be paid by mail in accordance with the procedures set out in Chapter 340, Vehicles and Traffic, Article I, Payment of Parking Fines, § 340-1.
All of the stickers required under this article may be obtained at the Smithfield Recreation Department.
A. 
The charge for a vehicle parking sticker shall be as follows:
(1) 
Smithfield resident: $10.
(2) 
Non-Smithfield resident: $20.
B. 
Stickers shall be valid for a period of up to two years, depending on the date purchased. They must be displayed in the lower corner of the front windshield on the operator's side of the vehicle. Proof of residency is required to purchase a resident sticker (i.e., license, lease, tax bill). No vehicles will be admitted to the Georgiaville Beach parking lot without a valid parking sticker.
[Amended 3-15-2005]
A. 
The charge for boat trailer stickers shall be as follows:
(1) 
Smithfield resident: $10.
(2) 
Non-Smithfield resident: $20.
B. 
Stickers shall be valid for a period of up to two years, depending on the date purchased. They must be displayed in the lower corner of the towing vehicle's front windshield on the operator's side or on the boat trailer frame. Proof of residency is required to purchase a resident sticker (i.e., license, lease, tax bill). There will be no admittance to Georgiaville Pond without a boat trailer sticker.
[Amended 3-15-2005]
A. 
All motor boats operating on Georgiaville Pond must display a boat sticker available for purchase at the Smithfield Recreation Department. The charge for each motor boat sticker shall be:
(1) 
Smithfield resident: $10.
(2) 
Non-Smithfield resident: $20.
B. 
Stickers shall be valid for a period of up to two years, depending on the date purchased. They must be conspicuously posted on the starboard side of the stern of the motor boat. Proof of residency is required to purchase a resident sticker (i.e., license, lease, tax bill). There will be no admittance to Georgiaville Pond without a boat sticker.
[Amended 3-15-2005]
A. 
The charge for a beach pass shall be as follows:
(1) 
Smithfield resident:
(a) 
Ten dollars per person.
(b) 
Two dollars per child (12 and under).
(2) 
Non-Smithfield resident:
(a) 
Twenty dollars per person.
(b) 
Four dollars per child (12 and under).
B. 
Beach passes shall be valid for a period of one year, depending on the date purchased. Proof of residency is required to purchase a resident sticker (i.e., license, lease, tax bill). All individuals must purchase a beach pass to use Georgiaville Beach. No individual (resident or nonresident) will be admitted to Georgiaville Beach without a beach pass.
A. 
Persons lacking a beach pass shall purchase a walk-on day pass valid for one day only. The charge for a day pass shall be as follows:
(1) 
Smithfield resident: $2.
(2) 
Non-Smithfield resident: $4.
B. 
Proof of residency is required to purchase a resident day pass (i.e., license, lease, tax bill).
[Added 3-18-2008]
A. 
Any person who is: a senior citizen, age 62 or older; and/or a person with a disability as defined by Rhode Island General Law 32-1-17 regardless of age; and/or an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, shall be eligible to receive a free parking sticker, trailer sticker, motor boat sticker, and beach pass at the Town of Smithfield Recreation Department upon presentation of proper identification.
B. 
R.I.G.L. 32-1-17 defines a “person with a disability” as an individual who has a physical or mental impairment and is receiving: Social security disability benefits (SSDI); supplemental security income benefits (SSI); or veterans benefits, and who shall be determined under applicable federal law by the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs to be 100% disabled through a service-connected disability.