Sec. 72-2. - Board of review designated; authority to grant special exceptions.

The zoning board of review of the city is hereby designated as the board of review pursuant to G.L. 1956, § 45-23-14. Such board of review may, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, make special exceptions to the rules and regulations of the planning board in harmony with the general purpose and intent of such rules and regulations, or where such exception is reasonably necessary for the convenience or welfare of the public.

(Code 1971, § 20-1)

Charter reference— Zoning board of review, § 8-17.