ALLINGHAM v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 52877-2.

109 Wn.2d 947 (1988)

749 P.2d 160

WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, ET AL, Respondents, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

As amended by order July 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, Gordon F. Crandall, Senior Assistant, and Michael P. Monroe, Assistant, for appellant.

Bogle & Gates, Elaine L. Spencer, and Richard A. Jones, for respondents.


[As amended by order of the Supreme Court July 15, 1988.]

GOODLOE, J.

A group of landowners seeks to invalidate a Seattle zoning ordinance which requires that a large percentage of certain privately owned lots be retained in or restored to a natural state. The trial court held that sections 23.70.40 and 23.70.50 of Seattle Ordinance 111568 (the Greenbelt Ordinance) constituted a taking of property without just compensation and that therefore the ordinance...

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