Rhode Island General Laws 11-30-12. Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns
All buildings, places, or lands used as slaughterhouses, rendering establishments, garbage plants, or brick kilns, and located within three hundred (300) feet of any public park or public hospital, are declared to be common nuisances. This section shall not apply to any slaughterhouse or rendering establishment previously located by the proper authorities of any city or town. Every person who shall maintain any common nuisance of this type shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1905, ch. 1240, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1906, ch. 1345, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-12.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-30-12
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9