Ordinances Adopted

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City of Cranston

ORDINANCES ADOPTED

Pursuant to Section 3.15 of the City Charter, notice is hereby given of the Final Adoption of the Ordinances below.

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

Maria Medeiros Wall, JD

City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 2017-9 IN

AMENDMENT OF TITLE 10,

CHAPTER 4, OF THE CODE OF

THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005,

ENTITLED “VEHICLES AND

TRAFFIC”

(Penalty for Overnight Parking)

Passed: March 27, 2017

Approved: April 6, 2017

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

Section 1. Chapter 10.28.090 entitled “All night parking prohibited” is hereby amended as follows:

10.28.090 - All night parking prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park the same on any street for a period of time longer than two hours between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any day. In the event of said violation, the Municipal Judge hearing the action shall be vested with the judicial discretion to dismiss the ticket(s) or impose or waive the court costs in lieu of the payment of the ticket(s) fine based upon the severity of the violation before the court, the violator’s history of overnight parking incidents and or prior warnings issued. In no instance shall the court cost(s) imposed by the Municipal Judge be less than Twenty ($20.00) Dollars or more than Thirty-Nine ($39.00) Dollars per offense.

Section 2: Chapter 10.04.030 entitled “Penalties for Traffic Violations” is hereby amended

As follows:

Offense: All night parking from

1 a.m. to 7 a.m. to be assessed with or without court costs assessed based upon judicial discretion as set forth in 10.28.090. Fine $25.00

Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.

Sponsored by:

Council Vice President Favicchio

PROPOSED ORDINANCE

NO. 2017-10 AMENDMENT OF TITLE 10, CHAPTER 32 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF

CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED

“MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC”

(Knight Street – Two Hour Parking)

Passed: March 27, 2017

Approved: April 6, 2017

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

Section 1. Chapter 10.32, Section .660 entitled “Two Hour Parking-Between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.-Monday through Friday” is hereby amended by adding the following:

Knight Street, north side, in front of the premises numbered 11 Knight Street to its intersection with Cranston Street.

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

Sponsored by: Councilman Lanni

4/13/17

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