Mellish v. Frog Mountain Pet Care

¶1 We granted Martin Mellish’s petition to review a decision of the Court of Appeals in which that court held that Mellish’s land use petition was untimely. The primary issue before us is whether a motion for reconsideration Mellish filed with a county hearing examiner tolled the running of the 21-day time limit for filing his land use petition in superior court until such time as the motion for reconsideration was decided. We conclude that it did and, consequently, reverse the Court of Appeals.

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¶2 Harold and Jane Elyea, the owners of Frog Mountain Pet Care, applied to Jefferson County…