Suquamish Tribe v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board

¶1 The Suquamish Tribe, Kitsap Citizens for Rural Preservation, and Jerry Harless1 appeal the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board (Board) decisions validating Kitsap County’s (County) comprehensive plan under Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA), chapter 36.70A RCW. The Citizens argue that the Board erred because (1) it applied bright-line rules to approve minimum urban density and maximum rural density; (2) substantial evidence did not support its findings that the County’s reduced urban density plan, the County’s adoption of the minimum density in the land capacity…