Hoberg v. City of Bellevue

We affirm the Superior Court’s decision that the City of Bellevue must grant a variance to Chester and Janice Hoberg allowing them to build a house on their nonconforming lot. The denial of the variance by the City’s Board of Adjustment resulted from an interpretation of the Bellevue Land Use Code that is contrary to law.

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Under the Bellevue Land Use Code (BLUC), the minimum lot size for single-family medium density housing is 10,000 square feet. In July 1990, the Respondents (Hoberg) purchased a nonconforming triangular-shaped vacant lot measuring 7,391 square feet on Bellevue Way S.E., where…