If after considering the matter at a public meeting as provided in RCW 36.70.620 the board deems a change in the recommendations of the planning agency to be necessary, the change shall not be incorporated in the recommended control until the board shall conduct its own public hearing, giving notice thereof as provided in RCW 36.70.590, and it shall adopt its own findings of fact and statement setting forth the factors considered at the hearing and its own analysis of findings considered by it to be controlling.
RCW 36.70.630
Official controls—Board to conduct hearing, adopt findings prior to incorporating changes in recommended control.
Known as the Planning Enabling Act
The act spans §§ 36–36 (115 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 81 Wash. 2d 312 - Anderson v. Island County (1972)
Most recently applied in 90 Wash. App. 1 - Tugwell v. Kittitas County (December 1997)
1963 c 4 s 36.70.630
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