Town of Johnston, RI
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2023-11-14
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 161 Excavations
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Article III Use of Excavations
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandonment of Roadways
- Ch 6 Arbitration
- Ch 9 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 18 Senior Citizens Center
- Ch 23 Finance, Department of
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Funds and Trusts
- Ch 41 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Personnel Policies
- Ch 51 Police Department
- Ch 54 Police Details
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- Ch 70 (Reserved)
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- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 83 Adult Entertainment
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- Ch 94 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 103 Arborists
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- Ch 112 Bingo and Beano
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- Ch 125 Business Operations
- Ch 127 Cannabis
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- Ch 132 Cemeteries
- Ch 142 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 145 Dances
- Ch 147 Day-Care Centers
- Ch 149 Development Impact Fees
- Ch 156 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Engineering Operations
- Ch 158 Entertainment
- Ch 161 Excavations
- Ch 161 Art III Use of Excavations
- § 161-9 Excavation into streets.
- § 161-10 Excavation on private property; removal of gravel or soil; hazardous conditions.
- § 161-11 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 164 Explosives
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 172 Fire Prevention
- Ch 180 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 183 Graffiti
- Ch 189 Gull Control
- Ch 192 Hotel, Motel, Rooming House Registrants and Room Resellers
- Ch 194 Housing Standards
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 202 Land Development Fees
- Ch 204 Licensing
- Ch 207 Littering
- Ch 210 Loitering; Aggressive Begging, Soliciting and Panhandling
- Ch 212 Mailboxes
- Ch 213 Massage and Body Works Services
- Ch 217 Motor Vehicle Code
- Ch 220 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 224 Noise
- Ch 230 Oil and Gas Heating Code
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- Ch 233 Parades
- Ch 236 Parking
- Ch 239 Parking Lots
- Ch 242 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 245 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 248 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 252 Plumbing
- Ch 257 Private Detectives
- Ch 261 Property Maintenance
- Ch 265 Rental Property
- Ch 269 Restaurants
- Ch 272 Sales, Casual
- Ch 276 (Reserved)
- Ch 279 Sewers
- Ch 282 Signs
- Ch 286 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 291 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Solid Waste
- Ch 298 Stormwater Management
- Ch 300 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 303 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 307 Taxation
- Ch 313 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 316 Towing
- Ch 319 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 328 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 332 (Reserved)
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Wells
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 440
as Secs. 15-3.2 to 15-3.5 of the 1979 Code]
No person shall make any excavation, other than for the purpose of making
the same suitable for use as a street or public highway, into any street shown
on any plat on record in the Town Clerk's office without first obtaining permission
so to do from the Town Council.
A.
No person shall make any excavation on private property, other
than for the cellar or foundation of a house or other building, within 100
feet of the street line of any street shown on any plat recorded in the Town
Clerk's office, or within 100 feet of the property line of any abutting owner,
without first obtaining a permit so to excavate from the Town Council.
B.
No person shall make any excavation on any private property and
remove therefrom the gravel or other soil so as to leave the same in a condition
dangerous to the inhabitants of this Town, or otherwise in such condition
as to create a nuisance, and no person shall make any such excavation or remove
the gravel or other soil from any such property without first obtaining a
permit from the Town Council.
