Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 46-4 - Harbors and Harbor Lines
Section 46-4-5. - East Providence harbor lines — Jurisdiction.

§ 46-4-5. East Providence harbor lines — Jurisdiction.
The jurisdiction of the city of East Providence shall include all of the public waters easterly of the easterly sides of the ship channels in the Seekonk River, Providence River and Harbor, and Narragansett Bay from the Pawtucket-East Providence city line southerly to the point of intersection of those ship channel sides with a straight line drawn from Gaspee Point on the west shore to Nayatt Point on the east shore; and all of the public waters on the northerly side of a line running sixty-five degrees (65 degrees) true from the intersection formed by the straight line drawn from Gaspee Point to Nayatt Point and the ship channel side to the point of intersection with the East Providence-Barrington boundary line; and all of the public waters, westerly and northerly, in Bullock Cove, of the East Providence-Barrington boundary line to the point of in intersection of the boundary line and the mean high water line.
History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 236, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 46 - Waters and Navigation

Chapter 46-4 - Harbors and Harbor Lines

Section 46-4-1. - Platting and establishment of harbor lines — Hearing.

Section 46-4-2. - City and town control of harbors — Harbormasters — Extension of Providence jurisdiction.

Section 46-4-3. - Town regulation of speed of vessels — Control of anchorages.

Section 46-4-4. - Penalties for violation of town ordinances.

Section 46-4-5. - East Providence harbor lines — Jurisdiction.

Section 46-4-5.1. - Cranston harbor lines — Jurisdiction.

Section 46-4-6. - East Providence harbormaster — Authority.

Section 46-4-6.1. - Town of Barrington — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.2. - Town of Bristol — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.3. - Town of South Kingstown — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.4. - Town of North Kingstown — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.5. - Town of Tiverton — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.6. - Town of Newport — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.7. - Town of Little Compton — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.8. - Town of Narragansett — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.9. - Town of Jamestown — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.10. - Town of New Shoreham — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.11. - Town of Charlestown — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.12. - Town of Middletown — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.13. - Town of Portsmouth — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.14. - Town of East Greenwich — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.15. - Town of Cranston — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.16. - Town of Warren — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-6.17. - Town of Westerly — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-7. - Town of East Providence — Powers conferred.

Section 46-4-8. - Authority reserved to the state director of the department of environmental management.