Department of Ecology v. Pacesetter Construction Co.

*205Horowitz, J.

The principal issue appellants-defendants raise is whether the Shoreline Management Act of 1971 as applied to a privately owned lakefront lot violates article 1, section 16 (amendment 9) of the state constitution which forbids the taking or damaging of private property without just compensation.

The controlling facts are these. In May 1973, Pacesetter Construction Company (Pacesetter) acting through defendant-appellant Hoffman, a member of its board of directors, purported to purchase a house and lot in Hoffman's name in a residential area of Seattle. The lot fronts on Lake…