Legal Opinion
Allingham v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1988No. 52877-2PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodloe, J.
A group of landowners seeks to invalidate a Seattle zoning ordinance which requires that a large percentage of certain privately owned lots be retained in or restored to a natural state. The trial court held that sections 23.70.40 and 23.70.50 of Seattle Ordinance 111568 (the Greenbelt Ordinance) constituted a taking of property without just compensation and that therefore the ordinance was invalid as a zoning regulation. The City of Seattle appealed directly to this court. We affirm.
The Greenbelt Ordinance was enacted on February 27, 1984, and regulates development in 14 designated greenbelt…
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