Wash. Ct. of App. Case #: 66432-8-I Shear, et al., Appellants v. King County DDES, Resp.
Apr 02, 2012OUTCOME: The decision of the trial court overturning the hearing examiner's decision was reversed and the hearing examiner's decision was reinststated. The motion for reconsideration filed by King County DDES was denied.
Case involved several legal issues, including the scope and elements to establish a legal non-conforming use and the powers of a hearing examiner to impose conditions on the permitting agency's scope o ... f review and conditions it may impose during additional permit processing. The affected business is classified as a "materials processing" facility, and had been a lawful recycling business under an earlier version of the King County zoning code.
