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Zoning – Fence – Permit – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Where the New Shoreham zoning board allowed a fence to be constructed without a permit and then allowed the fence to remain on property adjacent to the plaintiff’s property, a remand must be ordered because (1) the plaintiff was denied its due process rights at the zoning board’s hearing when it was precluded from presenting witnesses in support of its appeal and (2) the board’s conclusions were not supported by substantial evidence and were mad…