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Sec. 38-1. - Closing hours of amusements and business places.#
(a)
No bowling alley, dancehall, place of entertainment, shop, store or other place of trade or business, except licensed taverns, pharmacies and victualing houses, shall be kept open between 12:00 midnight and 4:00 a.m., unless special permission extending the time shall be granted by the town council, or unless otherwise provided in this Code.
(b)
It is a violation for an owner or keeper of any bowling alley, dancehall, place of entertainment, shop, store or other place of trade or business, to open or keep open such establishment contrary to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and every person who shall open any bowling alley, dancehall, place of entertainment, shop, store or other place of trade or business contrary to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $20.00.
(Code 1982, §§ 14-12, 14-13; Code 2003, § 38-1)
State Law reference— Authority to regulate bowling alleys, G.L. 1956, § 5-2-1; authority to regulate amusements, G.L. 1956, § 5-22-1; authority to regulate closing hours, G.L. 1956, § 5-22-3; Sunday operations, G.L. 1956, §§ 5-2-9, 5-23-1 et seq.; maximum penalty, G.L. 1956, § 5-22-3.