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ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL

Part of the Code of Ordinances of Tiverton, RI.

Local law · Updated June 22, 2026 · 1,537 sections

The text

Sec. 22-1. - Transfer of licenses.#

All petitions for all licenses to be taken over by another person, that is, transfer of a license from one person to another, when such transfer is permitted, shall have legal notice published thereon before the petitions shall come before the council for consideration.

(Code 1967, § 15-1)

Sec. 22-2. - Advertising of application for license or permit.#

Where advertising of an application for a license or permit is required by any ordinance of the town or by any state statute all costs of such advertising and all other necessary notices shall be paid by the license or permit applicant at the time the application is filed.

(Code 1967, § 15-2)

Sec. 22-3. - Reserved.#

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2026-0003, adopted Jan. 12, 2026, deleted § 22-3, which pertained to business establishments' holiday license regulations and derived from Ord. of Oct. 24, 2005.

Sec. 22-4. - Open air auto sale lot.#

(a)

No person, firm or corporation, shall use any parcel of land located in the Town of Tiverton either as owner, lessee, or tenant thereof, for the purpose of conducting thereon an open air sales lot for new or used cars without first obtaining a license from the town council to do so.

(b)

For the purpose of this section, an "open air auto sales lot" is the commercial use of land for the display or sale of more than one new or used automobile, SUV, truck, van, trailer, or recreational vehicle. Non-commercial use, such as the occasional and temporary display use of used vehicle(s) by an individual both residing at the location and owning the used vehicle(s), shall not be applicable to this section.

(c)

Application requirements.

(1)

For consideration of a license, the prospective licensee must submit to the town council a property use plan indicating the maximum number of vehicles that may be stored thereon.

(2)

A fee for a license under this article may be set by town council resolution.

(Ord. of 9-12-11(1), § 6)