Industrial Development Foundation v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for certiorari brought to review a decision of the North Smithfield board of review granting a special exception for the construction of a sand washing plant in an RA-40 district. We issued the writ and in compliance therewith the respondent board duly-certified the pertinent records to this court for our examination.

It appears therefrom that respondent Holliston Sand Company, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, hereafter called “Holliston,” is the owner of an unimproved tract of land located in the town of North Smithfield. It contains some 53 acres consisting of four lots…