Goodman v. Zoning Bd. of Review of City of Cranston

This petition for a writ of certiorari was brought by remonstrants to review a decision of the zoning board of the city of Cranston granting the applicants both an exception and a variance and thereby permitting them to construct and operate in a C-l district a complete automobile dealership facility, a use which will include activities some of which are permitted in a C-4 district and others of which are authorized only in a C-5 district. For the past 44 years the premises to which the application relates have been devoted to the conduct of a nursery business. That use, permitted under the…