Parkridge v. City of Seattle

These two cases were consolidated for trial in the Superior Court. On appeal, the Court of Appeals continued the consolidation and certified the cases to this court.

The first case, called the "rezone case", follows from a writ of certiorari issued to review the action of the Seattle City Council, in rezoning from apartment construction to single-family use eight lots and two half-lots adjacent to Volunteer Park, but separated from it by 15th Ave., E. The second case, called the "vested rights case", follows from a writ of mandate sought to require the City to issue a building permit for the…