A Public Hearing on the following proposed Ordinance(s) will be held before the Ordinance Committee on Thursday, December 5, 2024 on or about 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 869 Park Avenue, City Hall, Cranston, R.I. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Cranston City Charter, for the purpose of considering the following items listed on the agenda. Remote participation is also available by using the logon information provided below as posted on the City’s website at www.cranstonri.gov and Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.ri.gov.
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Lammis J. Vargas
Ordinance Committee Chair
Tracy A. Nelson, CMC
City Clerk
PROPOSED ORD. 11-24-02 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4 TO THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED “OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND DECENCY”
It is Ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:
Section 1. Title 9, “PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE”, Chapter 4, “OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND DECENCY” of the Code of the City of Cranston is hereby amended to ADD Chapter 9.04.062 as follows:
9.04.070 – Camping on City-Owned property.
No person shall set up any type of shelter, either permanent or temporary, for the purpose of housing within the limits of the City on any City owned property. Said shelter shall be defined as any type of material erected for the purpose of protecting an individual from the natural elements, whether or not said structure is erected in a temporary or permanent manner.
The Cranston Police Department (CPD) shall have the authority to enter any City-owned property for the purpose of inspecting any such housing or encampment and shall have the authority to coordinate with the City of Cranston Department of Public Works (DPW) to remove any such encampment or housing, however, not before contacting and cooperating with any social services necessary in an effort to relocate and provide temporary housing for any violator of this ordinance. If any individual refuses to cooperate with any offered services, they shall be issued a no trespass order from said property. Those individuals shall immediately remove their erected structure and not to return to the property. Should the structure remain or be moved to other City property for a period of no more than twenty-four (24) hours after the individual is issued a no trespass order, said encampment or housing shall be removed by the DPW and be discarded.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final adoption.
Sponsored by Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins
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