Zoning – Variance – Hardship – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Zoning – Variance – Hardship – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Where a Superior Court judge affirmed the Westerly Zoning Board’s decision to grant a dimensional variance to expand a nonconforming structure, the judge correctly determined that the board applied the correct hardship standard — more than a mere inconvenience — in finding that the applicant would not be able to enjoy a reasonable use of its property without approval of the dimensional variance.