Town of Charlestown v. Beattie

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This is an action for enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Charles-town brought by the town solicitor in accordance with G.L.1956 (1970 Reenactment) § 45-24-7. The complaint alleged that the defendant, a Charlestown landowner, had altered a dwelling house in an R-40 zone from a single family use to a multi-family use in violation of the zoning ordinance of the town. After the action had been brought by the town solicitor, a petition to intervene by abutting landowners, Timothy R. and Margaret C. Splaine, was granted by a justice of the Superior Court.…