No city may enact or maintain an ordinance, development regulation, zoning regulation or official control, policy, or administrative practice which treats a residential structure occupied by persons with handicaps differently than a similar residential structure occupied by a family or other unrelated individuals. As used in this section, "handicaps" are as defined in the federal fair housing amendments act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3602).
RCW 35.63.220
Treatment of residential structures occupied by persons with handicaps.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc. (1995)
Most recently applied in 127 Wash. 2d 782 - Sunderland Family Treatment Services v. City of Pasco (October 1995)
1993 c 478 s 20.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.