Legal Opinion
Citizens' Alliance for Property Rights v. Sims
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 7, 2008No. 59416-8-IPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
¶1 The primary issue on appeal is whether King County Ordinance 15053, § 14 (King County Code (KCC) 16.82.150), which limits clearing on property zoned rural area residential (RA) to a maximum of 50 percent, depending on the size of the parcel, violates RCW 82.02-.020. The state statute generally prohibits counties from imposing “any tax, fee, or charge” on the development of land, subject to certain exceptions. The parties also address constitutional claims that we need not reach.
¶2 Because the clearing limitations of the ordinance fall within the scope of an in-kind, indirect “tax, fee, or…
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