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LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF WARWICK

ORDINANCE NO. O-16-9

APPROVED SCOTT AVEDISIAN

April 5, 2016 MAYOR

CHAPTER 18

FEES

Be it ordained by the City of Warwick:

Section I. Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Warwick is hereby amended to add the following:

Sec.18-2. - Miscellaneous license fees.

(a) License fees: The fee for the following licenses shall be as provided in this section:

License Type Fee Expiration Date

Arts and crafts $25.00 Daily

Bazaar 25.00 Daily

Bingo 5.00 Daily

Bowling alley 5.00 per alley 12/31

Canvassers 200.00 per year Year from issue

Circus 100.00 per engagement Daily

Concession (arcade) 75.00 12/31

Concession (bazaar) 25.00 (1—29 units) Daily

Concession (carnival) 15.00 Daily

Concession (games/stand) 50.00 each 12/31

Concession (general) 50.00 (30—50 units) 12/31

100.00 (51 units and up) 12/31

Concession (palm reader) 50.00 12/31

Constable 10.00 12/31

Dance 1.00 Daily

Dancehall 75.00 12/31

Dry cleaning establishment 25.00 (1—29 units) 12/31

50.00 (30—50 units) 12/31

100.00 (51 units and up) 12/31

Employment agency 50.00 12/31

($10,000.00 bond required)

Explosives (dealer) 5.00 12/31

Explosives (manufacturer) 10.00 12/31

Explosives (possessor) 2.00 12/31

Festivals 200.00 May 1—September 30

(including food and Sunday/holiday sales)

First class victualer No fee with liquor license 12/1

Flower vendors:

One-day permit 50.00

Five-day permit 200.00

Food peddler/hot dog 200.00, plus state hawker’s and health license 5/1

Food—Special event 50.00 Daily

Frozen lemonade 200.00 5/1

Fruit peddler 200.00 5/1

Games of chance (raffle) 10.00 Daily

Golf driving range 50.00 12/31

Guns and ammunition 50.00 Year from issue

Ice cream peddler 200.00 5/1

Kennel 50.00 4/1

Laundromat 50.00, plus $1.00 for each dry cleaning device 6/30

Liquor (A) 500.00 12/1

Liquor (BL) 220.00 12/1

Liquor (BT) 1,000.00 12/1

Liquor (BV) 1,050.00 12/1

Liquor (DFP) 250.00 12/1

Liquor (DL) 120.00 12/1

Liquor (hard F1) 35.00 Daily

Liquor (beer and wine F) 15.00 Daily

Massage parlors 100.00 Year from issue

Merry-go-rounds 90.00 12/31

Midnight to 5:00 a.m. permit 100.00 12/16

Miniature golf 25.00 12/31

Miniature rides 90.00 12/31

Peddler (general) 200.00 5/1

Penny arcade 75.00 12/31

Permanent make-up 150.00 12/31

Pistol permit 10.00 Year from issue

Pool table 75.00 per table 12/31

Private detective 150.00 Year from issue

Roominghouse/hotel 100.00 4/1

Second class victualer:

Midnight 100.00 2/1

2:00 a.m. 150.00 2/1

24 hours 250.00 2/1

Secondhand dealer 100.00 5/1

Skating rink 50.00 12/31

Sunday/holiday sales 50.00 Daily

Theater 469.00 12/31

Truck caterer 200.00 11/30

Used car dealer 100.00 5/1

(b) Waiving of licensing fees: The board of public safety is hereby authorized to waive the following licensing fees as set forth in section 18-2(a) for nonprofit organizations as defined and certified by the State of Rhode Island Division of Taxation: Bingo, Canvassers, and Games of Chance (raffle). The board of public safety is also authorized to waive the licensing fee for bingo conducted at the senior centers operated by the City of Warwick and by residents at senior housing facilities operated by any not for profit corporation.

(c) Operating without a license: Any person, corporation, partnership or other business entity operating without a valid license issued by the board of public safety shall be immediately closed and prohibited from operating until such time as a license obtained from the board of public safety. In addition, the person, corporation, partnership or other business entity shall be subject to prosecution in municipal court for said violation and upon conviction said violation shall be punishable as provided in section 1-4 of this Code of Ordinances.

(d) License consolidation for arts and crafts/festival events: An organizer of an arts and crafts event or a festival event may submit a single application for licenses for the vendors who will be at the event. The single application must contain the following information and be accompanied by payment of the applicable license fees:

i) A list of the names and addresses of the vendors for which application is being made;

ii) For each vendor, the type of license as listed in subsection (a) above for which application is being made;

iii) Any other information which the licensing authority deems to be necessary for consideration of the application.

The fee for the single application for licenses shall be the total of the fees for the license types requested in the application based on the fees set forth in subsection (a) above.

Section II. This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as prescribed by law.

SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMAN SOLOMON

COUNCILWOMAN USLER

COUNCILWOMAN VELLA-WILKINSON

COUNCILMAN COLANTUONO

COUNCILMAN LADOUCEUR

COUNCIL PRESIDENT TRAVIS

COMMITTEE: ORDINANCE

Attest:

Judy Wild, City Clerk

4/12/16

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