Town of Charlestown, RI
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2024-03-25
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 158 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Areas
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Article I Beaches and Dunes
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Commission
- Ch 4 Agriculture
- Ch 6 Charter Revision Advisory Committee
- Ch 11 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Climate Resiliency Commission
- Ch 15 Council, Town
- Ch 20 Economic Improvement Commission
- Ch 26 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 27 Municipal Court
- Ch 30 Officers and Employees
- Ch 34 Ordinances
- Ch 36 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 37 Personnel
- Ch 40 Planning Commission
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Hearings
- Ch 54 Surplus Property
- Ch 58 Tax Assessment Review
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 Alarm Systems
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Cannabis
- Ch 78 Amusement Devices
- Ch 86 Boats and Waterways
- Ch 91 Building Construction
- Ch 93 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 96 Coastal Ponds and Mooring
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 108 Entertainments
- Ch 111 Firearms
- Ch 114 Flea Markets
- Ch 117 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 128 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 129 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 133 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 138 Junkyards
- Ch 143 Land, Sale of
- Ch 147 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 152 Noise
- Ch 155 Nuisances
- Ch 158 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Areas
- Ch 158 Art I Beaches and Dunes
- § 158-1 Motor vehicles restricted.
- § 158-2 Prosecution and penalties for offenses.
- Ch 162 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Public Trees
- Ch 165 Residential Collection Center
- Ch 167 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 172 Sanitary Facilities, Temporary
- Ch 174 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Snowmobiles
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 188 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 192 Taxation
- Ch 197 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 203 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 210 Wastewater Management District
- Ch 213 Yard Sales
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 8-14-1979 as Sec. 8-2 of the Code of Ordinances]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motor-propelled
vehicle upon any beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day or on dunes
at any time; provided, however, that this Article shall not apply
to police, emergency or town-approved conservation or sanitation vehicles.
[Added 6-12-1989 by Ch. 171; amended 8-20-2012 by Ord. No.
352]
A.
Violators
shall be prosecuted by the Chief of Police of the Town of Charlestown
or his/her designee by issuance of a summons in the Municipal Court.
B.
Any person
who shall violate any provision of this Article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished, for each violation, by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars ($500.) or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty (30) days. The continuation of a violation of any provision
of this Article shall constitute, for each day the violation is continued,
a separate and distinct violation hereunder.
