Legal Opinion
Chaney v. Fetterly
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided March 31, 2000No. 23728-8-IIPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.
— The main question in this appeal is whether the doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies applies when a superior court and a quasi-judicial administrative agency have concurrent original jurisdiction. The answer is no.
The Chaneys and the Fetterlys own adjacent waterfront lots in Pierce County. The Fetterlys’ lot lies north of the *142Chaneys’ lot. Each lot is long and narrow, irregularly shaped, and subject to the Pierce County Code’s administrative land use scheme.
The Pierce County Code (PCC) generally requires that a house be set back from the property line of the lot. It also…
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