Legal Opinion
Smoke v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 1997No. 63615-0PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMadsen, J.
This case requires us to examine the application of the statutory requirement in RCW 64.40 for exhaustion of administrative remedies to a municipal land use ordinance. We decide that a site interpretation as set forth in Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 23.88.020 does not provide an available administrative remedy from the nonappealable denial of a Type I land use permit. We further hold RCW 64.40 impliedly authorizes award of post-judgment interest.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
In 1989, Plaintiffs Larry G. Smoke, Jane C. Smoke, Dean *218Quail, and Elizabeth Quail, operating as Smoke Quail, Inc., purchased…
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