§ 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.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-30-1. - Definitions.
Section 11-30-2. - Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.
Section 11-30-3. - Penalty for common nuisance.
Section 11-30-4. - Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-5. - Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.
Section 11-30-6. - Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.
Section 11-30-7. - Landlord’s liability for nuisance.
Section 11-30-8. - Entry by police officers of premises — Commanding departure of persons found.
Section 11-30-9. - Officers commanding aid in execution.
Section 11-30-10. - Unlawful sale of beverages by club or association.
Section 11-30-11. - Injunction.
Section 11-30-12. - Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns.
Section 11-30-13. - Burning of decaying and waste substances.