Parker v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for certiorari to review a decision of the zoning board of review of the city of East Providence denying the petitioners’ application for a variance or exception under the zoning ordinance to erect a gasoline filling station on lots numbered 13, 14 and 15 on assessor’s plat No. 37, located on the easterly side of Pawtucket avenue between David and Case streets in a business “C” district. Pursuant to the writ the pertinent records have been certified to this court.

The board denied the application on the ground that the evidence did not prove that the convenience and welfare…