Staller v. Cranston Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision of the zoning board of review of the city of Cranston granting Benjee Realty Inc., hereinafter referred to as Benjee, permission to use a 335,000 square-foot tract of land located in a Dwelling C zone for the construction of a thirty-two unit apartment building. The writ issued and the pertinent records have been certified to this court.

Before proceeding either to the fact or the merits, we first dispose of some of the procedural aspects of the case. The applicants, Benjee and Antonio Meschino, stated on the printed form of…