Coderre v. Zoning Bd. of Review of City of Pawtucket

This is a petition for certiorari which seeks to quash the respondent board's grant of a variance allowing the construction of an ice cream processing plant in a district zoned for residential purposes. We issued the writ and the board has forwarded to us the pertinent records.

In 1966 the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency designated an area in that city as a site for an urban renewal project. The agency instituted eminent domain proceedings and as a result thereof Palagi Ice Cream Co. was compelled to move from its Water Street address. Accordingly, the Palagi brothers — Peter, Philip and Henry—…