Harrison v. Zoning Bd. of Pawtucket

This is a petition for certiorari to review the action of the zoning board of review, hereinafter called the board, of the city of Pawtucket in granting an exception from the requirements of the zoning ordinance of that city prohibiting a three-family house in a residence “B” district. The exception permits the applicant therefor to place on a vacant lot in such district a two-and-one-half story building housing three families, and now situated in an adjacent business district.

Petitioners are owners of land within one hundred feet of such vacant lot, but they did not appear at the hearing on…