§ 5-18-3 - Advertising requiring specific approval. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-18-3

   § 5-18-3  Advertising requiring specificapproval. – In order to more effectively secure compliance with regulations issued pursuantto § 5-18-2, any ordinance may provide that no outdoor advertising shallbe maintained or displayed unless that outdoor advertising, in respect to allthe matters specified in § 5-18-2, is first approved, by a city or townofficer designated in the ordinance, as being in conformity with thoseregulations; provided, that, whenever any city or town officer refuses orwithholds that approval, application may be made to the city or town councilfor its approval of the application; and if approved by that city or towncouncil, as being in conformity with those regulations, no approval of the cityor town officer is required before maintaining or displaying the advertising.