State ex rel. Coastal Management, Inc. v. Washington County

Washington County (the county) appeals from a trial court judgment issuing a peremptory writ of mandamus. The writ required the county to extend the duration of relators’1 preliminary subdivision plat approval beyond the two-year limit specified in the county’s development ordinance.2 The county asserts that the trial court erred in denying its motion to dismiss relators’ petition for a writ of mandamus on the ground that the countys rejection of relators’ request for an extension of the preliminary approval was a land use decision subject to review exclusively by the Land Use Board of…