Legal Opinion
Wells v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 10, 2000No. Nos. 43028-9-I; 43397-1-IPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrosse, J.
— In this action brought under the Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW (GMA), we must decide three issues which we resolve as follows: First, the GMA provides that a comprehensive plan and development regulations are presumptively valid upon adoption. This presumption applies even though Whatcom County had previously gotten a declaration from the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board declaring certain of its interim urban growth area designations and associated regulations invalid. The burden of rebutting this presumption is on the party challenging the validity of the…
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