Sec. 8-5. - Closing hours for businesses.

(a)

Generally. No shop, store, laundromat, gym, health clinic or other place of trade or entertainment in the city, with the exception of licensed taverns, pharmacies, victualing houses and bowling alleys, shall be kept open between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. during the last six days of the week.

(b)

Special annual permit required for hours of operation between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. No licensed victualing house, licensed taverns, pharmacies, bowling alley, shop, store, health clinic, laundromat, gym or other place of trade or entertainment in the City shall be kept open between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. during the last six days of the week without first obtaining a special permit from the city council extending the closing hour beyond 1:00 a.m. Such special permit may be granted for a probationary period of at least six months and with such conditions and terms as the city council may provide. After the expiration of the probationary period, the city council may grant the annual permit for extended hours with such conditions and terms as the city council may deem appropriate for the health and safety of the public. The fee for such permit shall be $125.00 and shall be due and owning at the start of probationary period.

(c)

Bowling alleys on Sunday. No bowling alley shall be licensed to operate on the first day of the week between 1:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. of the first day, unless granted a special license pursuant to section 8-66.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-5; Ch. 274, § I, 8-19-03; Ch. 730, § I, 11-7-18; Ch. 759, § I, 2-18-20)

State Law reference— Power of city council to authorize certain Sunday amusements in East Providence, G.L. 1956, § 5-22-9.