Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Wenatchee Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. City of Wenatchee
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1957No. 33589PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinley, J.
The Wenatchee Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses is appealing from the refusal of the trial court to mandamus the board of adjustment and the city engineer to issue a special use or zoning permit for the building of a church in a zoned residential (R-l) district of the city of Wenatchee.
Section III of ordinance No. 1117 zones the city into (a) two residential districts, R-l and R-2; (b) a commercial district, C-l; and (c) an industrial district, 1-1.
Section IV of the zoning ordinance, as amended, provides:
“In an R-l, Residential District no building shall be used, and no building shall…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Synod of Ohio of United Lutheran Church in America v. JosephOhio Supreme Court · 1942
- State Ex Rel. Miller v. CainWashington Supreme Court · 1952
- Bd. of Zoning Ap. of Decatur v. Decatur, Ind. Co. of Jehovah's WitnessesIndiana Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by32 opinions
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