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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing on the following proposed Ordinance will be held before the Public Works Committee on Monday, July 11, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 869 Park Avenue, Cranston, R.I. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter.

Complete copies of all Ordinance is available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office, Cranston Central Library, and on the City’s website cranstonri.com under calendar and clicking on the meeting date.

“Individuals requesting interpreter services for the deaf or hard of hearing must notify the City Clerk’s Office at 461-1000 ext. 3197 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the hearing date.”

Mario Aceto, Chair Maria Medeiros Wall, JD

Public Works Committee City Clerk

PROPOSED ORDINANCE

NO. 6-16-08 IN AMENDMENT OF

TITLE 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005,

ENTITLED “HEALTH AND SAFETY”

(Dumping Mattress Fines)

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

Section 1. Title 8 Chapter 8.28.100 entitled PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS, is hereby amended to read as follows:

8.28.100 - Penalties for environmental violations.

A. The general penalties provided for by Sections 10.04.080 and 15.12.290 of this code shall apply to violations of this section and of Sections 15.12.290 and 8.28.100 or any regulations made thereunder, except that any person electing to appear before the clerk of court, or mailing the same in lieu of a personal appearance before the Cranston municipal court and admitting the violation charged, shall be punished by a fine as hereinafter respectively set forth:

OFFENSE FINE

Illegal Dumping of Mattresses $500.

Improper or early placement of household trash $50.

Improper storage of commercial trash $50.

Trash hauling without license $100.

Littering $50.

Depositing garbage in container of another $50.

Illegal dumping of over one cubic yard of litter $200.

Illegal dumping of heavy litter $200.

Violation of recycling ordinance $50.

Scavenging $50.

Violation of dumpster ordinance $100.

Improper maintenance of land $50.

Tall grass, etc.

Accumulation or mismanagement of trash, junk, etc.

Other $50.

B. In the event any of the foregoing stated fines are not paid or a plea of not guilty to the citation is not entered prior to the fourteenth (14th) day after date of violation, said fines shall be doubled.

C. In the event any of the foregoing stated fines are not paid or a plea of not guilty to the citation is not entered subsequent to the fourteenth (14th) day and prior to the twenty-eighth (28th) day after date of violation, said fines shall triple.

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.

Sponsored by: Council Vice President Richard Santamaria

6/30/16

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