ACKERLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 45281.

92 Wn.2d 905 (1979)

602 P.2d 1177

ACKERLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ET AL, Respondents, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Appellants. DIAMOND PARKING, INC., Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Charles D. Brown, Assistant, for appellants.

Bogle & Gates, Ronald T. Schaps, Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester, and Lyle L. Iversen, for respondents.

Lee Kraft on behalf of City of Bellevue and George M. Mack, amici curiae.


HOROWITZ, J.

This appeal in consolidated actions for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief raises the question whether Seattle ordinance No. 90138 as amended by ordinance No. 97025 (the Ordinance) is valid as applied to respondent billboard owners. We hold that it is, and therefore reverse.

The Seattle Ordinance, enacted in 1968, is a part of the coordinated efforts of federal, state and local governments to...

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