Pawtucket, RI — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-04-08. Official source: https://ecode360.com/PA1467

Every town writes its own rules, and Pawtucket's live in its municipal code — 93 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Pawtucket code

• Ch C — Charter (Sec. 1-100 – Sec. 10-500)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-24)
• Ch 3 — Administration of Government (§ 3-1 – § 3-19)
• Ch 7 — Bills and Claims (§ 7-1 – § 7-17)
• Ch 11 — Boards and Commissions (§ 11-1 – § 11-64)
• Ch 22 — Committees (§ 22-1 – § 22-3)
• Ch 26 — Courts (§ 26-1 – § 26-27)
• Ch 30 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 30-1 – § 30-9)
• Ch 35 — Expenditures (§ 35-1 – § 35-11)
• Ch 40 — Funds (§ 40-1 – § 40-112)
• Ch 50 — Officers and Employees (§ 50-1 – § 50-46)
• Ch 59 — Pensions (§ 59-1 – § 59-32)
• Ch 63 — Personnel Policies (§ 63-1 – § 63-52)
• Ch 76 — Real Property Transactions (§ 76-1 – § 76-4)
• Ch 80 — Records (§ 80-1 – § 80-6)
• Ch 84 — Referenda Questions (§ 84-1 – § 84-3)
• Ch 88 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 88-1 – § 88-35)
• Ch 90 — Collective Bargaining Agreements (§ 90-1)
• Ch 92 — Training Schools (§ 92-1 – § 92-2)
• Ch 100 — Air Pollution (§ 100-1 – § 100-2)
• Ch 104 — Alarm Systems (§ 104-1 – § 104-16)
• Ch 108 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 108-1 – § 108-31)
• Ch 112 — Amusements (§ 112-1 – § 112-13)
• Ch 116 — Animals (§ 116-1 – § 116-62)
• Ch 124 — Bicycles (§ 124-1 – § 124-17)
• Ch 128 — Bingo (§ 128-1)
• Ch 130 — Body Works Services (§ 130-1 – § 130-16)
• Ch 132 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 132-1 – § 132-4)
• Ch 136 — Building Construction (§ 136-1 – § 136-3)
• Ch 147 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 147-1 – § 147-11)
• Ch 151 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 151-1 – § 151-8)
• Ch 156 — Business Deliveries (§ 156-1 – § 156-2)
• Ch 158 — Business Registration (§ 158-1 – § 158-5)
• Ch 162 — Cemeteries (§ 162-1 – § 162-24)
• Ch 167 — Circuses and Carnivals (§ 167-1 – § 167-8)
• Ch 173 — Curfew (§ 173-1 – § 173-5)
• Ch 176 — Deeds, Recording of (§ 176-1 – § 176-3)
• Ch 182 — Drugs (§ 182-1 – § 182-7)
• Ch 186 — Electrical Standards (§ 186-1 – § 186-3)
• Ch 193 — Entertainment (§ 193-1 – § 193-24)
• Ch 198 — Excavations (§ 198-1 – § 198-24)
• Ch 200 — Exterior Lighting (§ 200-1 – § 200-5)
• Ch 202 — Fees (§ 202-1 – § 202-15)
• Ch 206 — Firearms (§ 206-1 – § 206-5)
• Ch 208 — Fire Lanes (§ 208-1 – § 208-7)
• Ch 210 — Fire Prevention (§ 210-1 – § 210-37)
• Ch 218 — Food Establishments (§ 218-1 – § 218-30)
• Ch 222 — Fortune Telling (§ 222-1 – § 222-5)
• Ch 227 — Graffiti (§ 227-1 – § 227-2)
• Ch 231 — Hazardous Materials (§ 231-1 – § 231-8)
• Ch 235 — Heating Equipment (§ 235-1 – § 235-13)
• Ch 243 — HIV Testing (§ 243-1 – § 243-4)
• Ch 247 — Housing Standards (§ 247-1 – § 247-145)
• Ch 251 — Secondhand Shops, Junkyards, Junk Dealers and Metal Recyclers (§ 251-1 – § 251-15)
• Ch 260 — Licensing (§ 260-1 – § 260-21)
• Ch 263 — Littering (§ 263-1 – § 263-29)
• Ch 266 — Loitering (§ 266-1 – § 266-5)
• Ch 274 — Mechanical Standards (§ 274-1 – § 274-2)
• Ch 282 — Newspapers and Magazines (§ 282-1 – § 282-14)
• Ch 286 — Noise (§ 286-1 – § 286-19)
• Ch 288 — Nonresidential Structures (§ 288-1 – § 288-84)
• Ch 290 — Nuisances (§ 290-1 – § 290-4)
• Ch 293 — P.T.E. Program (§ 293-1 – § 293-5)
• Ch 294 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 294-1 – § 294-34)
• Ch 298 — Peace and Good Order (§ 298-1 – § 298-18)
• Ch 302 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 302-1 – § 302-55)
• Ch 306 — Plumbing (§ 306-1 – § 306-6)
• Ch 313 — Poles and Wires (§ 313-1 – § 313-5)
• Ch 317 — Private Detectives (§ 317-1 – § 317-16)
• Ch 319 — Property Classification (§ 319-1 – § 319-3)
• Ch 321 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 321-1)
• Ch 325 — Rental Property (§ 325-1 – § 325-6)
• Ch 329 — Sales, Special (§ 329-1 – § 329-12)
• Ch 335 — Sewers (§ 335-1 – § 335-15)
• Ch 345 — Smoking (§ 345-1 – § 345-6)
• Ch 347 — Solid Waste (§ 347-1 – § 347-48)
• Ch 351 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 351-1 – § 351-68)
• Ch 355 — Subsidized Housing (§ 355-1 – § 355-7)
• Ch 360 — Tattoo Parlors (§ 360-1 – § 360-11)
• Ch 363 — Taxation (§ 363-1 – § 363-81)
• Ch 364 — Telecommunications (§ 364-1 – § 364-41)
• Ch 365 — Tobacco and Snuff (§ 365-1 – § 365-7)
• Ch 367 — Towing (§ 367-1 – § 367-7)
• Ch 371 — Trees (§ 371-1 – § 371-18)
• Ch 375 — Utility Rights-Of-Way (§ 375-1 – § 375-2)
• Ch 379 — Vehicle Repair Shops (§ 379-1 – § 379-20)
• Ch 383 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Nonoperational (§ 383-1 – § 383-10)
• Ch 388 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 388-1 – § 388-72)
• Ch 392 — Vehicles, Removal of (§ 392-1 – § 392-2)
• Ch 396 — Vending Machine Services (§ 396-1 – § 396-5)
• Ch 401 — Water (§ 401-1 – § 401-18)
• Ch 410 — Zoning (§ 410-1 – § 410-132)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)