Nardi v. City of Providence

This is a bill in equity wherein the complainant challenges the constitutionality of the zoning ordinance of the city of Providence in its entirety and prays that a declaratory decree be entered declaring said ordinance to 'be null and void in so far as it relates to his property and that the inspector of buildings be permanently enjoined from enforcing the provisions thereof. After a hearing in the superior court on bill, answer, replication and proof, the trial justice entered a decree denying and dismissing the bill on the ground that the complainant had not exhausted the administrative…