Hilltop Terrace Homeowner's Ass'n v. Island County

— Island County, its Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), Interstate Mobilephone Company (Interstate), and others seek reversal of a Court of Appeals decision which overturned the County’s approval of a conditional use permit. The permit concerned a site for a cellular phone and microwave relay tower on Whidbey Island. The BOCC denied the permit, and the denial became final when it was not timely appealed. Some 7 months later, the BOCC approved a similar application by Interstate for a conditional use permit for the same site.

Homeowners appealed the approval to the Superior Court on a writ…