[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Charlestown 4-12-2010 by Ord. No.
324.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public hearings — See Ch. 51.
A.
No license or permit which the Town Council or the Town Clerk is
empowered to grant shall be issued or renewed to any person that is
currently in arrears in any tax or other assessment levied by the
town or in any case where any such tax or assessment levied by the
town is due and in arrears on any property used, or to be used, in
connection with the business operation to which any such license is
applicable.
A.
No person shall operate any businesses within the town without obtaining
an annual license authorizing such activity from the Town Clerk and
paying the license fee indicated in town ordinance or state law.
B.
All licenses granted under the provisions of this section shall be
granted subject to the condition that the licensed premises shall
be kept open to the inspection of the Chief of Police and the Town
Council at all times during the business hours and subject to the
provisions of the Charlestown Code of Ordinances and Rhode Island
General Laws and also subject to such rules and regulations as the
Town Council may from time to time promulgate with reference to such
licensed premises.
A.
All new licenses issued shall terminate on the first day of December
(December 1) except those specifically covered in individual ordinances.
A.
No place of business for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise,
except licensed victualing houses or for the sale of medicine by a
registered pharmacist, shall be kept open between 11:00 p.m. and 4:00
a.m. unless approval has been obtained by the Town Council.
(1)
Businesses holding a Class A license shall not open before 7:00 a.m.
and shall not close later than 12:00 midnight.
(2)
Businesses holding a Class B license shall not open before 6:00 a.m.
and shall not close later than 1:00 a.m.
(3)
Businesses holding a Class D license shall not open before 6:00 a.m.
and shall close not later than 1:00 a.m.
(4)
All other Victualing houses not listed above shall not be kept open
between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. unless approval has been obtained
by the Town Council.
B.
Every keeper of a place of business which shall be open or kept open
contrary to the provisions of this section, and every person opening
or keeping open any such place of business contrary to the provisions
of this section, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00)
per day.
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[State law references: Authority of town council to set hours
of operation of taverns, victualing houses, etc., G.L. 1956, § 5-24-1]
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The Town Clerk is allowed to issue new and renewal licenses
(exceptions listed below), on behalf of the Town Council, which do
not require advertisement or notice, so long as the prior approval
of the proper authorities: Building Official, Tax Collector, Police
Chief, Fire Marshal, RI Department of Health, RI Division of Taxation
and any other local or state department are in place. Such allowance
shall be given in the form of a Resolution and will remain in effect
unless revoked.
The following applications shall be put before the Town Council
and shall not be issued by the Town Clerk until approved by the Town
Council: Entertainment, Liquor, Hawker/Peddler and any other application
requiring advertisement or notice.
Mindful of the importance of locating and being aware of businesses
and other profit making enterprises conducted in the Town of Charlestown
and in order to provide for the general welfare and safety of the
citizens of the Town of Charlestown, in that concern for zoning, police
protection, fire protection and other services depend on knowledge
of the needs of certain areas and locations, the Town Council of the
Town of Charlestown proposes as follows:
A.
All wholesale, retail, commercial, professional service or manufacturing
businesses whether by sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations
or any business entity shall register their business, company, trade
or office situated in the Town of Charlestown with the town clerk.
Each registration shall contain the name of the firm or business,
the owner(s) or operator(s) of the firm or business, the type of business
to be conducted and other basic information.
B.
There shall be a ten dollar ($10.00) fee for each registration. The
registration fee may be altered by ordinance amendment by the Town
Council.
[Amended 2-9-2015 by Ord. No. 368]
C.
Upon registration of a business, a registration certificate shall
be issued to the registrant by the Town Clerk. Every registration
certificate shall expire the first day in December and shall be renewed
annually upon payment of the required fee. No certificate shall be
renewed if the business fails to provide proof from the tax collector
that all municipal taxes have been paid to date. Every certificate
of registration shall be placed in a conspicuous location in each
business establishment.
D.
Any business obtaining a liquor, victualing or any other license
to operate under any other section of the Charlestown Code of Ordinances
shall be exempt from the requirement of this ordinance provision.
[Amended 2-9-2015 by Ord. No. 368]
E.
Any person, legal entity, and/or association, whether as principal,
agent, employee, or otherwise, who violates any provision of this
chapter, shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
per day for each offense. Any fine imposed under this ordinance may
be enforced as an ordinance violation in the Charlestown Municipal
Court or the District Court, at the discretion of the Town. The fines
shall inure to the town and each day that the violation continues
shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 2-9-2015 by Ord. No. 368]
