Town of Smithfield, RI
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2023-12-05
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 119 Cannabis
- Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Animal Control Warden
- Ch 7 Bid Bonds
- Ch 11 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 15 Building Official
- Ch 19 Capital Program and Reserve Funds
- Ch 23 Civil Defense
- Ch 28 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 34 Financial Management
- Ch 37 Fire Department
- Ch 45 Historic District Commission
- Ch 46 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 47 Energy Review Commission
- Ch 48 Financial Review Commission
- Ch 49 Sports Advisory Commission
- Ch 50 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 51 Affordable Housing Advisory Board
- Ch 53 Asset Management Commission
- Ch 54 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 55 Water Supply Board Advisory Commission
- Ch 59 Land Trust
- Ch 60 Municipal Court
- Ch 68 Officers and Employees, Duties of
- Ch 69 Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund
- Ch 70 Personnel
- Ch 72 Planning Board
- Ch 73 Comprehensive Community Plan
- Ch 76 Police Department
- Ch 81 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 87 Retirement
- Ch 93 Sewer Board of Review
- Ch 99 Tax Assessor
- Ch 102 Traffic Safety Commission
- Ch 103 Youth Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 110 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 114 Alarm Systems
- Ch 118 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 119 Cannabis
- Ch 119 Art I Prohibited Consumption of Cannabis on Town-Owned Property
- § 119-1 Authorization.
- § 119-2 Definitions.
- § 119-3 Enforcement.
- § 119-4 Violations and penalties.
- § 119-5 Conflicts with other laws.
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 Animals
- Ch 133 Assemblies, Public
- Ch 141 Bingo
- Ch 145 Boats and Waterways
- Ch 149 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 154 Building Construction
- Ch 156 Outdoor Lighting
- Ch 160 Cable Television
- Ch 165 Cemeteries
- Ch 172 Dances
- Ch 177 Detectives, Private
- Ch 182 Earth Removal
- Ch 186 Entertainment, Shows and Special Events
- Ch 193 Fees
- Ch 198 Fire Prevention
- Ch 204 Special Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 215 Hazardous Wastes
- Ch 220 Health, Public
- Ch 225 Storm Sewers
- Ch 231 Landscaping Requirements
- Ch 236 Licensing, Business
- Ch 237 Mobile Food Establishments
- Ch 242 Massage Parlors
- Ch 246 Motorcycles, Minibikes, Motorized Scooters and Go-Carts
- Ch 252 Noise
- Ch 257 Offenses, Miscellaneous
- Ch 258 Outdoor Heaters and Boilers
- Ch 260 Parades
- Ch 263 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 268 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 273 Police, Treatment of
- Ch 276 Pool and Billiards
- Ch 282 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 289 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 294 Sewers
- Ch 299 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 303 Solid Waste
- Ch 305 Stone Wall Protection and Preservation
- Ch 308 Storage, Outdoor
- Ch 312 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 316 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 321 Taxation
- Ch 325 Town Property, Sale and Lease of
- Ch 329 Trailers
- Ch 333 Trees
- Ch 340 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 345 Water Supply
- Ch 347 Yard Sales, Sidewalk Sales and Flea Markets
- Ch 350 Waterline Extensions
- Appendix
- Ch A361 Sewer Authority Rules and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Smithfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-2]
Under Rhode Island General Laws § 21-28.11-16(b),
Local control, any city or town may adopt ordinances that ban or impose
restrictions on the smoking or vaporizing of cannabis products in
public places.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
Products that have been manufactured and contain cannabis
or an extract from cannabis, including concentrated forms of cannabis
and products composed of cannabis and other ingredients that are intended
for use or consumption, including oils.
Includes, but shall not be limited to, public ways, streets,
sidewalks, walkways, alleys or alleyways, highways, bridges, overpasses,
parking lots, municipal buildings, municipal parking lot facilities,
municipal parking lot ramps, vacant or undeveloped lots, transportation
facilities, parks (including trails and conservation areas), athletic
fields and their seating areas, pools, plazas, building facades, stairwells,
alcoves, doorways, entranceways, pedestrian malls, playgrounds, places
of amusement, hallways, lobbies, and other portions of apartment houses
and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual
residence.
Inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or vaporized
cannabis in any manner or form.
A.
No person shall smoke or vaporize in any public place.
B.
Nothing in this article shall preclude the Town of Smithfield or
any law enforcement officer of any jurisdiction from charging an offender
for a violation of any other applicable law or ordinance arising from
the offender's prohibited conduct.
C.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the transportation
of cannabis or cannabis products.
Any person who violates this article is liable for a fine of
not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $150 for
each subsequent offense.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions herein, shall there be
a conflict with any provisions of the Rhode Island General Laws governing
the regulation of the consumption of cannabis, the provisions of state
law shall control.
