State v. Bilbao

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of six misdemeanor counts of subdividing land in violation of the Adams County Subdivision Ordinance (Ordinance) against Cecil Bilbao. We vacate and remand.

I

BACKGROUND

In August 1984, the Board of Commissioners of Adams County (Board) approved Bilbao’s plan to subdivide into six lots property owned in partnership by Bilbao, his wife, and his daughter. Bilbao subsequently recorded a plat reflecting the property’s division into six lots. In April 1985, Bilbao filed with the Adams County Recorder a record of survey of the same. The survey,…