State Ex Rel. Lyon v. Snohomish County Board of Adjustment

— This action involves an order of a Board of Adjustment granting a conditional use permit to establish an alcoholic recovery-rehabilitation-intermediate care center. The relators, who are nearby residents and property owners, appeal from the superior court judgment affirming the order. The precise question is whether the trial court correctly affirmed the board’s finding that such a center was a facility within the purview of the county ordinance authorizing the issuance of conditional use permits in a “rural use zone” for “hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes and institutions which provide…