Adams v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for certiorari to review a decision of the zoning board of review of the city of PTovidence granting the application of Samuel P. Lazarus for an exception under the zoning ordinance of that city to enable him to erect three apartment buildings in a district wherein only single-family dwellings are permitted. Pursuant to the writ the .pertinent records have been certified to this court.

It appears from the record that Lazarus, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the applicant, is the owner of lot numbered 15 on assessors' plat No. 93 in Providence. This land, upon which…