Keller v. City of Bellingham

This appeal challenges a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division One, upholding the trial court's determination that improvements made by the Georgia-Pacific Corporation (GP) to its chlor-alkali plant do not constitute unlawful "enlargement" of a nonconforming use under the Bellingham zoning ordinance. The facts are set forth with considerable particularity in the opinion of the Court of Appeals. Keller v. Bellingham, 20 Wn. App. 1, 578 P.2d 881 (1978). We affirm the Court of Appeals.

In 1965, GP constructed a chlor-alkali facility in an industrial section of Bellingham zoned as a "heavy…