Tellinghuisen v. King County Council

Richard and Michael Tawney petition for review of the Court of Appeals decision which declined to apply the rule stated in North St. Ass'n v. Olympia, 96 Wn.2d 359, 635 P.2d 721 (1981) to a case which arose before North Street was decided. We reverse.

John and Agnes Tellinghuisen live across the street from property owned by the Tawneys and their wives. When the Tellinghuisens complained to King County about the noise emanating from a welding shop on the Tawneys' property, the County filed an abatement action against the Tawneys. The Tawneys then applied for a rezone to change the…