Legal Opinion

Marsocci v. Pilozzi, 03-2254 (r.I.super. 2006)

Superior Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 2, 2006No. C.A. No. PC 03-2254Published

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION

In this administrative appeal, plaintiff David Marsocci quarrels with a decision of the Zoning Board of Review for the Town of Johnston that denied him dimensional variances in connection with his proposed construction of a single family dwelling. As the Board failed to make any findings of fact or conclusions of law to justify its decision, in violation of the repeated admonitions of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and the Rhode Island Superior Court to make its rationale explicit in its zoning decisions to allow for meaningful judicial review, this Court remands this matter to the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Caswell v. George Sherman Sand & Gravel Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
  2. Destefano v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. Salve Regina College v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1991
  4. Lischio v. Zoning Board of Review of North KingstownSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
  5. Bernuth v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001

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