City of East Providence v. Shell Oil Co.

This case is a sequel to Lindberg’s, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Review of East Providence, 106 R. I. 667, 262 A.2d 628 (1970). In that case this court quashed a decision of the East Providence Zoning Board which, in complete disregard of the pertinent provisions of the zoning ordinance, 1 had granted an exception permitting the applicants to construct and operate a gasoline station on three lots of land situated within two hundred feet of both a church and a cemetery. Little more than a year later the same zoning board, notwithstanding the Lindberg mandate, and even though there had been no…