Legal Opinion
Hale v. Island County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 17, 1997No. 39223-9-IPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— After an administrative agency invalidated Island County Code (ICC) provisions for rezoning land, the lower court ordered the County to terminate a pending rezone application of Nichols Brothers Boatbuilders, Inc. (NBBB). Before the administrative determination of invalidity, NBBB had obtained preliminary use approval and filed its application for final approval under the ICC’s two-step rezone process. Upon review of Island County’s specific code provisions, we hold that preliminary use approval constituted a final and binding rezone decision. Because NBBB thus acquired a vested right to…
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