Legal Opinion
Whatcom County Fire District No. 21 v. Whatcom County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 22, 2009No. 61431-2-IPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAppelwick, J.
¶1 The Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW, vests counties with the primary authority to plan future development, including concurrency planning with providers of public services. Because the What-com County Comprehensive Plan establishes the standards for service and finds that the fire district has the capacity to meet that standard, the fire district is foreclosed from evaluating concurrency with new development on a project-by-project basis and requiring a concurrency mitigation fee. We reverse the Whatcom County Superior Court and reinstate the permit approvals.
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¶2 This appeal…
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