Complete Copy of File from the RI Supreme Court Judicial Records Center in the matter of RK Building Corp. v. City of Woonsocket Zoning Board C.A. No. 2004-0803

This file consists of a complete copy of a court file gathered from the Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center which stores old, archived files. More specifically, the court file made available to the general public on the City’s website consists of a now closed Providence County Superior Court proceeding captioned R & K Building Corp. v. City of Woonsocket Zoning Board of Review and Ralph Begin, Norman Frechette, Daniel Gendron, Robert Moreau and Walter Pristawa, in their capacity as Members of the Woonsocket Planning Board, C.A. No. 2004-803. 

Starting in or about 2003, R & K Building Corp. (“Owner” or “R&K”) proposed a Major Subdivision at Mendon Road, Plat 53, Lots 1 and 32 (the “Property”).  On September 2, 2003, the Woonsocket Planning Board (“Planning Board”) denied Master Plan Approval of the proposed Major Subdivision of the Property (“Planning Board’s Decision”). 

On or about October 6, 2003, the Owner thereafter appealed the Planning Board’s Decision to the Woonsocket Zoning Board (the “Zoning Board”). On or about January 12, 2004, the Zoning Board heard R&K’s appeal and voted to uphold the Planning Board’s Decision (the “Zoning Board’s Decision”). 

On or about February 13, 2004, the Owner thereafter appealed the Planning Board’s Decision and the Zoning Board’s Decision to the Superior Court seeking to develop the Property. 

In a written decision authored by Superior Court Justice Alice Gibney (found at pdf pages 7 to 17), the Superior Court upheld the Zoning Board Decision and the Planning Board Decision and ruled in favor of the City’s action denying the proposed Major Subdivision of the Property.