DeLucia v. Town of Jamestown

This civil action was instituted in the Newport County Superior Court for the purpose of having a purported amendment to the Jamestown zoning ordinance declared null and void. It was heard by a justice of said court on the plaintiff s’ motion for summary judgment, and from the entry of such judgment, the defendant seasonably appealed to this court.

The record establishes that in December of 1962, the town of Jamestown adopted a zoning ordinance which did not provide minimum lot-size regulations. The plaintiffs are the owners of a tract of land containing approximately 150,000 square feet,…