Girton v. City of Seattle

Michael Girton appeals the superior court’s dismissal of his appeal under the Land Use Petition Act (LUPA).1 Because Girton properly concedes that the challenged stéep slope ordinance has a legitimate public purpose, and fails in his burden to show either that the ordinance uses means that are not reasonably necessary to advance that purpose or that application of the ordinance is unduly oppressive to him, we reject his due process chal*362lenge. We also hold that the ordinance is not unconstitutionally vague and that the City of Seattle is not collaterally estopped from applying the ordinance in…