Anderson v. Island County

The plaintiffs, as neighboring property owners, are appealing from a judgment of the Island County Superior Court upholding the decision of the county commissioners to rezone, from residential to commercial, certain property owned by Island Sand and Gravel, Inc.

The Holmes Harbor area on South Whidbey Island is conflictingly described in the evidence and the parties’ briefs as a “lovely residential area” and as a “mixed commercial and residential area for fifty years.” These conflicting contentions about the area constitute the primary considerations in the controversy about the proper zoning…