2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 23 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 23-28.19 - Tents–Grandstands–Air-Supported Structures
§ 23-28.19-1 - Tents for which license required – Application and issuance.
SECTION 23-28.19-1
§ 23-28.19-1 Tents for which license required – Application and issuance. – No tent exceeding one hundred twenty square feet (120 sq. ft.) in area shall be erected, maintained, operated, or used in any city or town in this state except under a license from the licensing authorities of the city or town. The license shall not be issued for a period exceeding thirty (30) days and shall be revocable for cause. Application shall be made on proper form and, when deemed necessary by the licensing authorities, shall include plans drawn to scale, showing exits, aisles, and seating arrangements and details of the structural support of tent, seats, and platforms, etc. No license shall be issued until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, and approval has been obtained from the building department, the police department, the fire department, and, when tents are to be used for two hundred (200) or more persons, from each and every department having jurisdiction over places of assembly.
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