R. I. Home Builders, Inc. v. Hunt

This is a petition for certiorari to review the action of the city council of the city of Cranston, hereinafter referred to as the council, in amending its zoning ordinance. The prayer of the petition is that the record of that action be quashed. Pursuant to the writ the respondents, who are the members of the city council and the city clerk, have made a return to this court of all pertinent records.

The petitioner is the owner of the Garden City Plat, a large tract of land which is under extensive development. The portion of the plat involved in this case is on the easterly side of Reservoir…