Legal Opinion
Sparks v. Douglas County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 14, 1993No. 12545-9-IIIPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, C.J.
Herschel and Elizabeth Sparks appeal a superior court judgment upholding the Douglas County Commissioners' conditional approval of their short plat applications. They contend the requirement that they dedicate strips of land abutting existing roads for future right of way use is arbitrary and capricious and constitutes a taking without compensation. We reverse.
The unchallenged findings state that the Sparkses filed four short plat applications with the Douglas County Planning Office on March 29, 1990. Short plats 2 and 3 adjoin and each contains four lots. The eight lots total 18.24 acres.…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Nollan v. California Coastal CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Presbytery of Seattle v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1990
- Miller v. City of Port AngelesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1984
- Unlimited v. Kitsap CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1988
3Cited by4 opinions
- Sparks v. Douglas CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1995
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