David Munroe v. Town of East Greenwich

Summary

The court denied the town's petition for certiorari, quashed the writ, and affirmed the Superior Court's judgment reversing approval of the subdivision. It held that the Development Review Act requires the planning board, rather than the town council acting as platting board, to control land-development and subdivision projects, and that this requirement supersedes inconsistent charter and ordinance provisions. The court also held that applying the Act's uniform procedures does not impermissibly alter the town's form of government.