Adams v. Board of Appeals

This appeal presents one issue: absent statute, ordinance or court rule, what is the applicable appeal period for filing an application for a writ of certio*335rari in superior court to seek a review of a decision by the Board of Appeals for King County affirming the imposition of civil penalties for violations of the business license laws?

This issue is governed by the line of cases beginning with Vance v. Seattle, 18 Wn. App. 418, 569 P.2d 1194 (1977), in which we held that where the decisionmaking agency acted in a quasi-judicial capacity and the superior court acted in an appellate capacity,…