Noble Manor Co. v. Pierce County

— Pierce County asks this Court to construe the meaning of the statute which extended the "vested rights doctrine” to applications for short subdivisions. We conclude that upon the submission of a complete application for a short subdivision, the applicant has the right to have that application, including both the request to divide and the request to develop the land, considered under the zoning and land use laws in effect on the date of the application. We affirm the Court of Appeals.

FACTS

In 1990, the Noble Manor Company, a Washington corporation (hereafter Developer) purchased approximately…