Bayfield Resources Co. v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board

¶1 Bayfield Resources Company appeals the Thurston County Superior Court’s denial of its petition for review of the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board’s (GMH Board) decision rejecting its petition to invalidate the Critical Areas Amendment under Thurston County Ordinance No. 13884, which excludes “certain critical areas,” I Administrative Record (AR) at 23, from the required density calculation for Rural Residential R-l/5 (one-dwelling unit per five acres) lands, including portions of Bayfield’s 700-acre property.1 Bayfield argues that (1) the superior court erred in…