Pavlina v. City of Vancouver

Dennis Pavlina and Gold Medal Group, LLC appeal the imposition of impact fees imposed on them when they obtained a building permit for a commercial building. We hold, consistent with our decision in New Castle Investments, LLC v. City of La Center, 98 Wn. App. 224, 989 P.2d 569 (1999), review denied, 140 Wn.2d 1019 (2000), that although preliminary plat approval occurred in 1988, before the impact fee ordinance was adopted in 1995, the imposition of impact fees was correctly calculated at the time the petitioner applied for the building permit in 2002. We affirm and award attorney fees to the…