Wendlick v. City Council of Gearhart

Petitioners appeal from the circuit court’s order quashing a writ of mandamus by which they sought to compel the City of Gearhart to issue a residential building permit. We hold that petitioners did not complete the necessary procedure to entitle them to a permit and affirm.

Petitioners are the owners of two adjoining lots, which comprise a total of 10,000 square feet, in the City of Gearhart. They acquired the lots in 1980 from Donald’s parents, who had built a house on another adjacent 5,000 square foot lot in 1970, at which time that lot met the city’s zoning requirements for minimum lot…