(A) As required by state law, no tent exceeding 120 square feet in area shall be erected, maintained, operated, or used in the town of Middletown except under a license from the building official. A tent license shall not be issued for a period exceeding 30 days and shall be revocable for cause.
(B) A licensed tent not greater than 800 square feet in size may be maintained in the same location for up to nine months by submitting successive applications for a renewal license satisfying the minimum requirements of this chapter every 30 days or less until the tent is removed. A licensed tent greater than 800 square feet in size may be maintained in the same location for up to nine months by obtaining a special-use permit from the Zoning Board of Review, unless the special-use permit requirement is excused under division (C), followed by successive applications to the building official for a renewal license satisfying the minimum requirements of this chapter every 30 days or less until the tent is removed. For purposes of this division,
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS means approval of the Police Department and Fire Department under § 101.03(B) and a statement of any changes in the information required under § 101.03(A) and provided by the licensee in the original tent license application.
(C) A tent otherwise required to be authorized by a special-use permit under this chapter shall be excused from the special-use permit requirement, but not from any other requirements, if the same tent had been lawfully erected and maintained in the same location for more than 30 days during each of the years 2007 and 2008. A different tent may be substituted for a tent that had been lawfully erected and maintained in the same location for more than 30 days during each of the years 2007 and 2008 provided it is not larger in size or height, and occupies the same footprint in substantially the same location, as the tent previously used.
(D) In addition to complying with this chapter, anyone in the Town of Middletown erecting or using a tent as defined in § 101.02 must comply with all relevant state requirements for tents in R.I. Gen. Laws Ch. 23-28.19.
(Ord. 09-18, passed 11-2-09)