Cranston, RI Outdoor Lighting: Billboard Lighting (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew
- No lighting after 10:00 p.m.
- Applies to
- Billboards, outdoor advertising structures
- Enforcement
- Removal ordered after conviction
- Governing chapter
- Ch. 5.52, Outdoor Advertising
Summary
Cranston bars lighting any billboard or outdoor advertising structure after 10:00 p.m., a flat citywide curfew set in the city's outdoor advertising chapter with no time-of-year or location exceptions.
No structure or billboard, designed or constructed within the purview of this chapter shall be lighted or caused to be lighted after 10:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4824304; v14 updated 2026-05-18).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 5.52 (Outdoor Advertising) governs every billboard and advertising structure built under its provisions, and Section 5.52.080 flatly bars lighting them after 10:00 p.m., there's no seasonal, downtown, or highway-frontage exception in the text. The same chapter's general enforcement mechanism applies: a structure maintained in violation of any of the chapter's provisions, once its owner is convicted, is ordered removed by the building inspector or city council, with removal costs charged to the responsible city department.
Violations & Fines
Lighting a billboard past 10:00 p.m. is a violation of Chapter 5.52; after conviction, the city can order the structure removed and charge removal costs to the department handling it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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