Coughlin v. City of Seattle

Margaret Coughlin commenced this action in Superior- Court by writ of certiorari to challenge the granting of Lockview Rest Home's application for a zoning code variance by the Seattle Board of Adjustment. She argues that the effect of the action is to expand an existing nonconforming use, an allegedly illegal result, and that the decision to grant the variance was arbitrary and capricious.

On March 1, 1973, the area in which Lockview Rest Home is located was rezoned from RD 5000 (duplex residence, high density) to RS 5000 (single-family residence, high density). At that time, Lockview's 42…