Chirico v. Zoning Board of Review of City of Warwick

When under our enabling act a local legislature enacts a zoning ordinance and provides therein for exceptions to its terms and requires that prior to the granting thereof the board make a finding as to whether such exceptions, if granted, would serve the welfare and convenience of the public, the making of such finding on the basis of legally competent evidence is virtually a condition precedent to an exercise by the board of its authority to make such exceptions. Hazen v. Zoning Board of Review, 90 R. I. 108. In Monforte v. Zoning Board of Review, 93 R. I. 447, 176 A.2d 726, 729, this court…