Summit-Waller Citizens Ass'n v. Pierce County

This case involves a land use dispute between a gravel company and its suburban neighbors, the Summit-Waller Citizens Association and certain individuals (hereafter the Association). We decide in favor of the gravel company, Appellant Tucci & Sons, Inc., concluding that it has established a lawful and vested nonconforming use of its property. We further hold that the trial' court properly rejected the Association’s belated spot zoning challenge to Pierce County’s zoning ordinances pertaining to Tucci.

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Tucci owns 37 1 /2 acres of property (the property) located between the Tacoma city limits…