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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT | |
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Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski | |
Date Introduced: June 06, 2025 | |
Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 45-24.7 of the General Laws entitled "Outdoor Dining Act" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 45-24.7-5. Temporary outdoor dining services. |
4 | (a) Any time a building or other structure used as a food service establishment, is rendered |
5 | uninhabitable by virtue of a casualty including, but not limited to, fire or flood, the food service |
6 | establishment may, upon approval of the city or town council, provide temporary outdoor dining |
7 | services for a period of up to eighteen (18) months from the date of approval received from the city |
8 | or town council, or until the building or structure is rehabilitated and otherwise made fit for |
9 | occupancy, as long as the location of the temporary outdoor dining area complies with applicable |
10 | state health and life safety regulations. The temporary outdoor dining service shall be permitted, |
11 | notwithstanding any municipal ordinance, including zoning or planning regulations to the contrary, |
12 | and if the municipality has issued a liquor license for the food service establishment, the license |
13 | may be used in conjunction with the temporary outdoor dining service. |
14 | (b) Unless extended by the general assembly, the provisions of this section shall sunset and |
15 | expire on June 30, 2027. |
16 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT | |
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1 | This act would allow a food service establishment to provide temporary outdoor dining |
2 | services any time a building or other structure used as a food service establishment is rendered |
3 | uninhabitable by virtue of a casualty including, but not limited, to fire or flood for eighteen (18) |
4 | months or the building is fit for occupancy. The act would sunset and expire on June 30, 2027. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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