Kent v. Zoning Board of Review of City of Cranston

This is a petition for certiorari which seeks to quash a decision of the respondent board of review granting the application of a husband and wife for permission to erect a single-family dwelling on an undersized lot in a residential zone. We issued the writ, and in compliance therewith the pertinent records were duly certified to this court for our examination.

It appears therefrom that on January 12, 1966, Joseph A. Ricci and wife Etta Ricci purchased a lot of land containing 3,974 square feet, located at the corner of Roslyn avenue and Deborah Way in the city of Cranston. It is not disputed…