Burley Lagoon Improvement Ass'n v. Pierce County

On appeal, plaintiff, Burley Lagoon Improvement Association, contends that the trial court erroneously dismissed its application for writ of review of defendant Pierce County Commissioners' resolution, dated October 14, 1980, granting defendant Royal Land, Inc., preliminary site plan approval for a shopping center to be known as Holly Tides. Burley Lagoon contends that the County Commissioners erred because (1) Royal Land had not fulfilled the requirements of the grandfather clause of the County's 1975 zoning regulations and thus had not acquired the right to develop the site under prior…