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R/L ASSOCIATES, INC. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 55880-9.

113 Wn.2d 402 (1989)

780 P.2d 838

R/L ASSOCIATES, INC., Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Sandra M. Watson, Assistant, for appellant.

Richard B. Sanders, for respondent.

David Girard and Steve Fredrickson on behalf of Evergreen Legal Services, amici curiae for appellant.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Edward J. Connor, Jr., John M. Groen, and Ben J. Gantt, Jr., on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation; William H. Ellis on behalf of Northwest Legal Foundation, amici curiae for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

In 1985, the City of Seattle enacted the Housing Preservation Ordinance (HPO) in an effort to address problems associated with the City's diminishing supply of low and moderate income housing. Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 22.210 et seq. Two of the stated purposes of the HPO are to "mitigate the loss of scarce housing resources caused by redevelopment and change of use;" and "provide relocation assistance...

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