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Washington Supreme Court gives local land use planning a “benevolent gesture”
August 19, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
Author: Brian T. Hodges Yesterday, Washington's Supreme Court issued a short decision in Citizens for Rational Shoreline Planning v. Whatcom County, ruling that the State Department of Ecology is the entity ultimately responsible if a local government's shoreline master program violates the law. A simple proposition that brings with it chill ...