Biggerstaff v. Board of County Commissioners

Petitioners appeal the circuit court’s judgment in a writ of review proceeding that affirmed the county’s determination that respondents Ralph E. and Norma J. Johnson (the Johnsons) have a vested right to complete development of a 41-lot residential subdivision in compliance with county and state waivers issued pursuant to Ballot Measure 37 (2004). On appeal, petitioners contend that the reviewing court misconstrued the applicable law in sustaining the vesting officer’s determination that the Johnsons have a vested right to complete that development because the Johnsons’ expenditures were not…