2025-62
Newport
Ordinance
CITY OF NEWPORT
ORDINANCE
OF THE
COUNCIL
NO.2025-62
AN ORDINANCE IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 10 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, REVISION OF 1994, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED, "VEHICLES & TRAFFIC":
BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Newport:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10.20 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Newport, RI, Revision of 1994, as amended, entitled, "PARKING GENERALLY" is hereby further amended, as follows:
10.20.120. - Parking prohibited in specified places—Unauthorized moving in prohibited areas.
ADD NEW PARAGRAPH E:
E. No person shall park in the following designated areas only for ride-share vehicles or vehicles who are picking up/dropping off of passengers. The ride-share vehicle operators or vehicle operators picking up/dropping off passengers shall remain in the vehicle at all times. Signs must be erected to designate this zone:
1. Thames Street, east side, beginning 12 feet south of South Baptist Street, proceeding a distance south 42 feet.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
IN COUNCIL
READ AND PASSED
AUGUST 27, 2025
Laura C. Swistak, CMC
City Clerk