Hendels Investors of Rhode Island, Inc. v. Zoning Board

This is a petition for certiorari to review a decision of the respondent zoning board denying the petitioner’s .application for a special exception under the zoning ordinance to erect a gasoline and service station on a tract of land zoned B-l Business. The writ issued and pursuant thereto the .pertinent records have 'been certified to this court.

The circumscribing limitations imposed by the Westerly town council upon the authority of the zoning board to permit the use sought are contained in sec. VI of the zoning ordinance as amended July 1962. The requirements there prescribed as…