Rozes v. Smith

This petition for certiorari was brought to seek review of a Superior Court judgment affirming a decision of the Zoning Board of Review of the City of Newport (the board). The board granted a variance to permit the creation of at least one substandard lot through the conveyance of a portion of the respondents’ property.

Two of respondents, Daniel J. Smith and Joanna M. Smith, own an L-shaped lot located on Victoria and Lawrence Avenues in Newport. They applied to the board for a variance permitting them to convey the easterly portion of their property to respondent Preservation Society of…