Herman v. Shorelines Hearings Board

*450¶1 This appeal follows a decision by the State of Washington Shorelines Hearings Board that affirmed imposition of a substantial penalty on a landowner for violating the terms of an earlier agreement with governmental agencies and for undertaking substantial development without a permit and in violation of the Shoreline Management Act of 1971, chapter 90.58 RCW. The superior court, sitting in its appellate capacity, admitted and considered new evidence on the propriety of the landowner’s actions. The court then concluded based on that evidence that most of the unpermitted development should…