Budlong v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to review and quash the decision of the respondent board granting the application of Edward C. Spring and his wife Laura C. Spring and Thomas G. Gattone, a funeral director, for 'an exception under the zoning ordinance of the city of Cranston to permit the premises owned by the Springs and located at 594 Pontiac avenue in that city to be used as a funeral home. Pursuant to the writ the pertinent records have been certified to' this court.

The property in question comprises a lot on the northerly side of Pontiac avenue with a frontage of 175 feet, a…