Kelly v. Chelan County

¶1 This case involves a challenge to a conditional use permit issued by a hearing examiner for a *869development on the shoreline of Lake Chelan. On review, the superior court reversed the examiner and denied the permit. The Court of Appeals dismissed the developers’ appeal as moot because (1) the permit required the developers complete conditions within two years, (2) two years had elapsed, and (3) the developers did not seek a stay on the superior court’s decision or the permit’s time limit. We conclude the developers, under these circumstances, were not required to seek a stay to preserve…