North Street Ass'n v. City of Olympia

This is a consolidation of three cases. In each; the trial court dismissed a writ of review, challenging a plat approval decision, on the grounds that necessary parties had not been timely joined and/or served. For reasons that vary with each case, we reverse the appealed judgments.

In North Street Association v. City of Olympia, an application was filed for the approval of a subdivision in southeast Olympia. After several hearings, the city commission on December 18, 1979, rendered an oral.decision approving the plat, with the official "Notice of Decision" and "Findings in Support of…