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ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL

Part of the Code of Ordinances of East Providence, RI.

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Sec. 14-1. - City council to designate culs-de-sac.#

The city council shall, where public health, safety and welfare so dictate, determine the location of culs-de-sac, and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the location of the culs-de-sac.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 14-1)

Sec. 14-2. - Culs-de-sac.#

Those streets and parts of streets described in this section are hereby declared to be culs-de-sac: Martha Road (westerly end).

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 14-2)

Sec. 14-3. - Depositing certain objects on streets and sidewalks.#

No person shall deposit, place or put or suffer to be deposited, placed or put by any person in his employ any goods, wares, firewood, coal, chattels, merchandise, boulders or stones in place of curbing in any of the streets or sidewalks, except while loading or shipping such items or actually removing such items into or out of some building or enclosure or loading these items into or unloading these items out of some vehicle.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 14-3)

Sec. 14-4. - Signs, flags, etc., over sidewalks.#

(a)

No person shall place, cause to be placed or shall suspend or cause to be suspended over any street from any house, shop, store, lot or place any flag, sign or other similar thing so that such flag, sign or other similar thing shall extend or project from the wall or front of the house, store, shop, lot or place more than one foot towards or into the street. However, the city council may permit such sign to project beyond the street line 75 percent of the width of the sidewalk immediately beneath, but in every case the lower edge of the sign shall not be less than ten feet above every part of the sidewalk immediately beneath, provided that every sign permitted under this section and the framework, braces, anchors and other supports thereof shall be constructed of such materials and in such building inspection division.

(b)

Every sign permitted under this section shall be kept in good repair and at all times maintained in a safe condition, provided, that every such permission is granted on the condition that the licensee and every owner of or person maintaining such sign shall be liable for and shall satisfy and save the city harmless and indemnified against any liability on its part on account of any lawful damage to persons or property caused by the construction or maintenance of such sign over the sidewalk or any negligence thereto.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 14-4)

Sec. 14-5. - Sign prohibition.#

No sign shall be placed within or upon any street or sidewalk except by permission of the mayor.

(Ch. 75, § I, 6-15-99; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)

Secs. 14-6—14-15. - Reserved.#