Boggs v. Zoning Board of Review of the City of Newport

These petitions for certiorari were brought to obtain a review of two decisions by the Zoning Board of Review of the City of Newport denying and dismissing the petitioners’ appeals from the building inspector’s action in granting a building permit which authorizes the erection of a “drive-in” restaurant, so called, on Memorial Boulevard extension. Each of the petitioners prosecuted an appeal to the board pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956, §45-24-16, the board being vested with jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeals by the provisions of §45-24-19 (a). The writs issued, and the…