First Covenant Church v. City of Seattle

— This is a case of first impression.

First Covenant Church challenges the constitutionality of two separate but interrelated ordinances, the Séattle *395Landmarks Preservation Ordinance 1063481 and Seattle ordinance 112425 designating First Covenant Church a landmark. The Church brought a declaratory judgment action seeking declaration that the Seattle ordinance designating the church a landmark and the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance as applied to churches were unconstitutional and void. The trial court held that the Church's claim was premature and entered summary judgment in favor of…