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RCW 36.70C.070

Land use petition—Required elements.

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Woods v. Kittitas County (2007)

Most recently applied in 173 Wash. 2d 325 - Knight v. City of Yelm (December 2011)

1995 c 347 s 708.

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A land use petition must set forth:

(1) The name and mailing address of the petitioner;

(2) The name and mailing address of the petitioner's attorney, if any;

(3) The name and mailing address of the local jurisdiction whose land use decision is at issue;

(4) Identification of the decision-making body or officer, together with a duplicate copy of the decision, or, if not a written decision, a summary or brief description of it;

(5) Identification of each person to be made a party under RCW 36.70C.040(2) (b) through (d);

(6) Facts demonstrating that the petitioner has standing to seek judicial review under RCW 36.70C.060;

(7) A separate and concise statement of each error alleged to have been committed;

(8) A concise statement of facts upon which the petitioner relies to sustain the statement of error; and

(9) A request for relief, specifying the type and extent of relief requested.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.