Fitzgerald v. ZONING BD. OF NEWPORT

This petition for certiorari was brought to review the -action of the zoning board granting an application for an exception to the zoning ordinance and permitting the applicants to erect sixteen apartment houses containing one hundred and fifty dwelling units on a tract of land presently zoned it-10. The petitioners- are neighboring property owners. Pursuant to the writ the respondent board certified the pertinent records to this court.

It appears that the particular area in question is located at the corner of Bateman and Carroll avenues in a neighborhood where although single-family…