State v. City of Bellingham

This is an appeal from a decision of the City of Bellingham Board of Adjustment (Board) denying a conditional use permit for a children's residence facility to the Catholic Family and Children's Services (CFCS). We hold that the Board erred in requiring a conditional use permit and reverse.

In letters written October 8,1974, and February 28,1975, to the Bellingham planning director, CFCS outlined the anticipated program of a proposed children's residence facility to be located in a Residential Low Density One (RL-1) use district under the Bellingham zoning code. *35Believing that the facility,…