Legal Opinion
Cingular Wireless, LLC v. Thurston County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 28, 2006No. 32967-1-IIPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Houghton, J.
— Cingular Wireless, L.L.C., sought a special use permit to erect a cell phone tower in a rural residential area. A hearing examiner denied the permit, and the Board of County Commissioners, with some modifications, affirmed the hearing examiner. Cingular appealed to the superior court under the Land Use Petition Act (LUPA), chapter 36.70C RCW, and the court denied the petition.
¶2 Cingular appeals, arguing that (1) the hearing examiner improperly applied general standards from the county’s comprehensive plan rather than applying only specific county code provisions, (2) the…
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