Biggers v. City of Bainbridge Island

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Chambers, J.

(concurring in result) — I concur with my learned colleague, Justice J.M. Johnson, that the Court of Appeals decision below should be affirmed. I agree, perhaps for different reasons, with the trial court that the city of Bainbridge Island overstepped its constitutional limits by passing rolling building development moratoria year after year.

¶49 Although in desperate need of streamlining, land use law balances the tension between the need for intelligent planning to achieve efficient and responsible use of our resources on the one hand, and the right of property owners to use…