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

This is a petition for certiorari brought by several remonstrants asking for a review of the respondent board’s decision granting the applicants permission to construct a gasoline service station on a 15,000 square foot triangular shaped parcel of land located on the corner of Prospect Street and Dunnell Lane in the City of Pawtucket. The parcel consists of lots numbered 20, 21, and 56 on assessor’s pl:at 34. Two of those lots, 21 and 56, have been and are vacant; situated on the third, lot 20, is a gasoline service station. It is a nonconforming use. If the board’s action granting a variance…