R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-23.5-10: Applicability of provisions to trades disturbing public welfare and convenience.

The provisions of §§ 23-23.5-6 — 23-23.5-9 shall extend to the place of any manufacture of, or of working in, any article or substance the manufacture of which shall disturb the public welfare and convenience; provided, that prior to any action of the city or town council under this section, public notice of the pendency of any petition for that action shall be given in any mode and for any time as the council shall prescribe.