By ordinance a board may create a planning commission and provide for the appointment by the commission of a director of planning.
RCW 36.70.030
Commission—Creation.
Known as the Planning Enabling Act
The act spans §§ 36–36 (115 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 125 Wash. 2d 345 - Whatcom County v. Brisbane (1994)
Most recently applied in 3 Wash. 3d 743 - U.S. Sportsmen's All. Found. v. Smith (October 2024)
1963 c 4 s 36.70.030
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.