Hall 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 Pawtucket denying the petitioner’s application for a variance or an exception. In compliance with the writ the pertinent records have been certified to this court.

The petitioner owns and operates a nursing home in a three-story frame house at 80 Summit street. Her application is for permission to construct a one-story masonry addition to provide accommodations for sixteen more patients. The house is in a residence A district in which a nursing home is not permitted. However, in 1954…