Smith v. Zoning Board of Review of Warwick

The petitioners filed an application with the zoning board of review of the city of Warwick seeking a special exception under sections 14.2.3 and 6.2 of the Warwick zoning ordinance for permission to construct a gasoline service station on a parcel of land owned by them and located in a general business zone. After a hearing, at which witnesses for and against the application testified, the board filed a written decision denying the application. The petitioners thereupon brought this petition for certiorari to review the board’s action, and pursuant to the writ the pertinent records have been…