WEYERHAEUSER v. KING COUNTY

No. 44770.

91 Wn.2d 721 (1979)

592 P.2d 1108

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Respondent, v. KING COUNTY, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and John E. Keegan and Richard W. Elliott, Deputies, for appellant.

Jan S. Pauw and Shidler, McBroom, Gates & Baldwin, by C.V. Wentz, for respondent.


HOROWITZ, J.

The question here concerns the power of a local government to regulate forest practices within its shorelines under the Shoreline Management Act of 1971. RCW 90.58. Appellant King County placed three water quality control conditions in contest here on a substantial development permit issued to Weyerhaeuser Company for construction of a logging road and bridge within the shorelines of Calligan Lake. The conditions were modified and upheld by the Shorelines...

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