Rhode Island § 45-6-1 § 45-6-1. Scope of ordinances permissible.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 45-6-1 — § 45-6-1. Scope of ordinances permissible.

Rhode Island § 45-6-1

Title 45Towns and cities

Ch. 45-6Ordinances

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-6-1 (2026).

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§ 45-6-1. Scope of ordinances permissible.
(a) Town and city councils may, from time to time, make and ordain all ordinances and
            regulations for their respective towns and cities, not repugnant to law, which they
            deem necessary for the safety of their inhabitants from fire, firearms, and fireworks;
            to prevent persons standing on any footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, or in any doorway,
            or riding, driving, fastening, or leaving any horse or other animal or any carriage,
            team, or other vehicle on any footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, or doorway within the
            town or city, to the obstruction, hindrance, delay, disturbance, or annoyance of passersby
        

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§ 45-6-1. Scope of ordinances permissible.

(a) Town and city councils may, from time to time, make and ordain all ordinances and regulations for their respective towns and cities, not repugnant to law, which they deem necessary for the safety of their inhabitants from fire, firearms, and fireworks; to prevent persons standing on any footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, or in any doorway, or riding, driving, fastening, or leaving any horse or other animal or any carriage, team, or other vehicle on any footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, or doorway within the town or city, to the obstruction, hindrance, delay, disturbance, or annoyance of passersby or of persons residing or doing business in this vicinity; to regulate the putting up and maintenance of telegraph and other wires and their appurtenances; to prevent the indecent exposure of any one bathing in any of the waters within their respective towns and cities; against breakers of the Sabbath; against habitual drunkenness; respecting the purchase and sale of merchandise or commodities within their respective towns and cities; to protect burial grounds and the graves in these burial grounds from trespassers; and, generally, all other ordinances, regulations and bylaws for the well ordering, managing, and directing of the prudential affairs and police of their respective towns and cities, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States.

(b) Town and city councils shall furnish to their senators and representatives, upon request and at no charge, copies and updates of all ordinances and regulations.

(c) In lieu of newspaper publication, advance notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of any ordinance or regulation by a municipality may be provided via electronic media on a website maintained by the office of the secretary of state.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 45-6-1; P.L. 1989, ch. 417, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 57, § 6; P.L. 1992, ch. 488, § 5; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 42; P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 18, § 2.