Standish-Johnson Co. v. Zoning Board of Review

This petition for a writ of certiorari seeks to quash a decision of the respondent board denying an application for relief from area and side yard restrictions. The writ issued and the appropriate records were accordingly certified for our examination.

It appears therefrom that Elizabeth Ashburn, as owner, and Standish-Johnson Co., as lessee, of a tract of land designated as lot 573 on assessor’s plat 20 and located at 49 Mid- die street in the city of Pawtucket, applied to the respondent board for a variance-so as to' permit the construction on said lot of a billboard which the lessee' would…