Hazen v. Zoning Board of Review

This is a petition for certiorari to review the decision of the zoning board of review of the city of East Providence denying the petitioners’ application for an exception or. variance under the zoning ordinance which would permit them to erect a motor hotel on a parcel of land zoned for residential use. The writ was issued and pursuant thereto all pertinent records have been certified to this court.

It appears therefrom that petitioners are the owners of lots numbered 83, 84, and 85 on assessor’s plat No. 69, which parcel fronts on Newport avenue for a distance of some 350 feet and has a…