[Adopted 9-16-1993, effective 10-13-1993 (Ch. III, § 1, 3-01-01, of the 1991 Code)]
A. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Code or in any other Town ordinance or resolution, or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer of agency of the Town under authority duly vested in him or if any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any other ordinance or resolution of the Town or such rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days.
B. 
Except where otherwise provided, every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance or resolution of the Town or such rule, regulation or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
Specific penalties for violations are as follows:
Violation
Penalty Amount
Dogs (Chapter 139)
Violation of Article I in general:
First offense
$20.00
Second offense within one year
$30.00
Third and subsequent offenses within one year
$35.00
Failure to license dog (§ 139-3)
$10.00
Keeping or harboring of dogs creating nuisances (§ 139-11)
First offense
$20.00/day
Second offense
$30.00/day
Third or subsequent offenses committed within 12 months of the first offense
$35.00/day
Violation of mandatory spaying/neutering provisions by adopting party (§ 139-17)
First offense
$50
Second offense
$150
Third and subsequent offenses
$400
Violation of mandatory spaying/neutering provisions by releasing agency (§ 139-17)
First offense
$100
Second offense
$250
Third and subsequent offenses
$500
Failure of releasing agency to utilize forfeited deposits as specified in § 139-18
First offense
$100
Second offense
$250
Third and subsequent offenses
$500
Chapter 151, Camping and Travel Trailer Parks
Violation of chapter
Not more than $100
Billiard, bagatelle, pool, and scippio table and game room license fees
[Added 12-26-1992]
Penalty for maintenance of unlicensed tables
See R.I.G.L. § 5-2-11
Mandatory recycling. Penalties for violation of Chapter 234 shall be as follows:
[Added 9-16-1993]
Residents violating § 234-3
First offense:
Written warning
Second offense:
$25.00
Subsequent offenses:
$50.00
Haulers violating § 234-4
First offense:
Written warning
Second offense:
$200.00
Subsequent offenses:
Loss of license
Cannabis use in public places (Chapter 154)
[Added 3-16-2023]
First offense
$100.00
Second offense
$150.00