Lowry v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the zoning board of review of the city of East Providence granting the application of Gwendolyn K. Fairchild and Eloise Fairchild for an exception under the zoning ordinance to permit the use for a nursing home of certain premises owned by them. Pursuant to the writ the pertinent records have been certified to this court.

The applicants are the owners of lots numbered 150, 221 and 222 on assessor’s plat No. 31. The premises which are located at 366 Newman avenue have a frontage of 85 feet, a depth of approximately 300 feet,…