Chestnut Hill Co. v. City of Snohomish

Appellants prosecute this appeal from an order dismissing a writ of certiorari directed to the city of Snohomish and its city council following the enactment of that city’s ordinance No. 987. The result of the ordinance was a zone classification of R-2 for appellants’ property, thus permitting the operation of a nursing home thereon subject to a conditional use permit. Appellants sought an R-3 classification which would have allowed them to operate the home without the necessity of a permit.

Prior to purchase by the appellants in the year 1955, the property involved in this proceeding was used…