City of Pawtucket, RI
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 247 Housing Standards
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Bills and Claims
- Ch 11 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 22 Committees
- Ch 26 Courts
- Ch 30 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 35 Expenditures
- Ch 40 Funds
- Ch 50 Officers and Employees
- Ch 59 Pensions
- Ch 63 Personnel Policies
- Ch 76 Real Property Transactions
- Ch 80 Records
- Ch 84 Referenda Questions
- Ch 88 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 90 Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Ch 92 Training Schools
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Air Pollution
- Ch 104 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 112 Amusements
- Ch 116 Animals
- Ch 124 Bicycles
- Ch 128 Bingo
- Ch 130 Body Works Services
- Ch 132 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 136 Building Construction
- Ch 147 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 151 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 156 Business Deliveries
- Ch 158 Business Registration
- Ch 162 Cemeteries
- Ch 167 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 173 Curfew
- Ch 176 Deeds, Recording of
- Ch 182 Drugs
- Ch 186 Electrical Standards
- Ch 193 Entertainment
- Ch 198 Excavations
- Ch 200 Exterior Lighting
- Ch 202 Fees
- Ch 206 Firearms
- Ch 208 Fire Lanes
- Ch 210 Fire Prevention
- Ch 218 Food Establishments
- Ch 222 Fortune Telling
- Ch 231 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 235 Heating Equipment
- Ch 243 HIV Testing
- Ch 247 Housing Standards
- Ch 247 Art I General Provisions
- § 247-1 Definitions and word usage.
- § 247-2 Statement of policy.
- § 247-3 Purpose.
- § 247-4 Applicability.
- § 247-5 Technical Steering Committee.
- § 247-6 Responsibilities for enforcement.
- § 247-7 Housing surveys.
- § 247-8 Annual report.
- § 247-9 Appointment and duties of hearing officer.
- § 247-10 Identification of personnel.
- § 247-11 Referral of certain violations to other authorities.
- § 247-12 Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 247-13 Effect on other remedies.
- § 247-14 Applicability of Building Code.
- § 247-15 Higher standards to prevail.
- § 247-16 Permits and licenses issued in conflict with chapter.
- § 247-17 Shift of responsibilities between owner, operator and occupants.
- § 247-18 Violations and penalties; other remedies.
- Ch 247 Art II Enforcement
- § 247-19 Inspection of dwellings.
- § 247-20 Access to dwellings.
- § 247-21 Notice of violation.
- § 247-22 Nonresident property owners.
- § 247-23 Compliance order.
- § 247-24 Immediate compliance order.
- § 247-25 Failure to correct violations; repair by City; recovery of expenses.
- § 247-26 Request for hearing.
- § 247-27 Findings of hearing; compliance order.
- § 247-28 Record of hearing.
- § 247-29 Reinspection; legal action upon noncompliance with orders.
- § 247-30 Demolition as compliance.
- § 247-31 Transfer of ownership of dwelling not in compliance.
- § 247-32 Recording of notices and orders.
- § 247-33 Confidential evidence and information.
- § 247-34 Refusal of entry to premises; court order.
- § 247-35 Authority of Director to prosecute violations.
- § 247-36 Rent payments.
- Ch 247 Art III Housing Board of Review
- § 247-37 Board of Appeals designated Housing Board of Review.
- § 247-38 Powers and duties.
- § 247-39 Conditions for appeal.
- § 247-40 Application for appeal.
- § 247-41 Fees.
- § 247-42 Effect of appeal.
- § 247-43 Conflicts of interest.
- § 247-44 Regular meetings; notice of meetings to hear appeals.
- § 247-45 Quorum for hearing on appeal.
- § 247-46 Proceedings.
- § 247-47 Majority vote necessary for certain actions.
- § 247-48 Records.
- § 247-49 Court review of decisions of Board.
- Ch 247 Art IV Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation
- § 247-50 Designation and placarding.
- § 247-51 Designation of unfit rooming houses or rooming units.
- § 247-52 Notice of intent to condemn.
- § 247-53 Order to vacate.
- § 247-54 Placarding and vacation of unfit dwellings.
- § 247-55 Use of condemned dwellings prohibited.
- § 247-56 Removal of placards from condemned dwellings.
- § 247-57 Securing of vacated dwellings and structures.
- § 247-58 Notice of intent to demolish.
- § 247-59 Order to demolish.
- § 247-60 Power of Director to alleviate violation; limitation.
- § 247-61 Demolition of structure at owner's expense.
- § 247-62 Liens and charges to recover expenses.
- § 247-63 Relocation of occupants.
- Ch 247 Art V Plumbing, Drainage and Sanitary Facilities of Dwellings
- § 247-64 Compliance required.
- § 247-65 Kitchen sinks.
- § 247-66 Flush toilets and lavatory basins.
- § 247-67 Bathtubs or shower baths.
- § 247-68 Hot water.
- § 247-69 Impervious flooring of bathrooms.
- § 247-70 Grading and drainage of premises.
- § 247-71 Rubbish disposal facilities.
- § 247-72 Garbage disposal.
- § 247-73 Cabinets and shelves for storage of equipment and food.
- Ch 247 Art VI Heating, Cooking and Refrigeration Equipment
- § 247-74 Compliance required.
- § 247-75 Heating facilities.
- § 247-76 Connection of heating equipment to chimneys or flues.
- § 247-77 Water-heating facilities.
- § 247-78 Cooking equipment.
- § 247-79 Refrigerated storage space.
- § 247-80 Smoke detectors.
- Ch 247 Art VII Lighting, Ventilation and Electrical Facilities
- § 247-81 Compliance required.
- § 247-82 Window area.
- § 247-83 Daylight obstruction.
- § 247-84 Openable window area.
- § 247-85 Bathroom light and ventilation.
- § 247-86 Screening of vents.
- § 247-87 Basement ventilation.
- § 247-88 Electrical fixtures.
- § 247-89 Lighting of public spaces.
- Ch 247 Art VIII Dwelling Space
- § 247-90 Compliance required.
- § 247-91 Minimum floor space per person.
- § 247-92 Minimum sleeping space per person.
- § 247-93 Ceiling height.
- § 247-94 Cellar and basement occupancy.
- § 247-95 Closet space.
- § 247-96 Rooming house permit.
- § 247-97 Storage of medicines and poisons.
- § 247-98 Means of egress.
- Ch 247 Art IX Maintenance of Dwellings Generally
- § 247-99 Compliance required.
- § 247-100 Structural elements.
- § 247-101 Windows and doors.
- § 247-102 Stairways and porches.
- § 247-103 Supplied facilities.
- § 247-104 Plumbing facilities.
- § 247-105 Infestation.
- § 247-106 Premises and accessory structures.
- § 247-107 Lead paint.
- § 247-108 Ratproofing.
- § 247-109 Fences.
- Ch 247 Art X Responsibilities of Owners, Operators and Occupants
- § 247-110 Maintenance of private spaces.
- § 247-111 Maintenance of public spaces.
- § 247-112 Provision of disposal facilities.
- § 247-113 Manner of waste disposal.
- § 247-114 Use of screens.
- § 247-115 Extermination of pests.
- § 247-116 Maintenance of plumbing and other equipment.
- § 247-117 Discontinuance of utilities.
- § 247-118 Occupancy of vacant units.
- § 247-119 Supplied heat.
- § 247-120 Storage of trash.
- Ch 247 Art XI Rooming Houses
- § 247-121 Compliance required.
- § 247-122 Applicability of other provisions of chapter.
- § 247-123 Occupancy record cards.
- § 247-124 Numbering of units.
- § 247-125 Flush toilets and lavatory basins.
- § 247-126 Bathtubs or shower baths.
- § 247-127 Hot water.
- § 247-128 Impervious flooring of bathrooms, etc.
- § 247-129 Rubbish and garbage storage and disposal.
- § 247-130 Heating facilities.
- § 247-131 Lighting of public spaces.
- § 247-132 Window shades, etc.
- § 247-133 Screening of vents.
- § 247-134 Bed linens and towels.
- § 247-135 Clean and sanitary maintenance.
- § 247-136 Extermination of pests.
- § 247-137 Maintenance of plumbing and other equipment.
- § 247-138 Maximum occupancy in Type A units.
- § 247-139 Minimum sleeping space per person.
- § 247-140 Kitchens in Type A units.
- § 247-141 Community kitchen for Type B rooming units.
- § 247-142 Cooking prohibited in Type B and Type C rooming units.
- § 247-143 Locks required.
- § 247-144 Closet space.
- § 247-145 Handrails.
- Ch 251 Secondhand Shops, Junkyards, Junk Dealers and Metal Recyclers
- Ch 260 Licensing
- Ch 263 Littering
- Ch 266 Loitering
- Ch 274 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 282 Newspapers and Magazines
- Ch 286 Noise
- Ch 288 Nonresidential Structures
- Ch 290 Nuisances
- Ch 293 P.T.E. Program
- Ch 294 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 298 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 302 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 306 Plumbing
- Ch 313 Poles and Wires
- Ch 317 Private Detectives
- Ch 319 Property Classification
- Ch 321 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 325 Rental Property
- Ch 329 Sales, Special
- Ch 335 Sewers
- Ch 341 (Reserved)
- Ch 345 Smoking
- Ch 347 Solid Waste
- Ch 351 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 355 Subsidized Housing
- Ch 360 Tattoo Parlors
- Ch 363 Taxation
- Ch 364 Telecommunications
- Ch 365 Tobacco and Snuff
- Ch 367 Towing
- Ch 371 Trees
- Ch 375 Utility Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 379 Vehicle Repair Shops
- Ch 383 Vehicles, Abandoned and Nonoperational
- Ch 388 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 392 Vehicles, Removal of
- Ch 396 Vending Machine Services
- Ch 401 Water
- Ch 410 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Pawtucket, approved 10-17-1967 by Ch. No. 1135 as Secs. 17-1 through 17-130 of the 1966
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
