FIRST COVENANT CHURCH v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 56377-2.

114 Wn.2d 392 (1990)

787 P.2d 1352

FIRST COVENANT CHURCH OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.T. Wendells and Clinton, Fleck & Glein, by Gordon S. Clinton, for appellant.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, Gordon F. Crandall, Senior Assistant, and James E. Fearn, Jr., Assistant, for respondent.


DORE, J.

This is a case of first impression.

First Covenant Church challenges the constitutionality of two separate but interrelated ordinances, the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance 1063481 and Seattle ordinance 112425 designating First Covenant Church a landmark. The Church brought a declaratory judgment action seeking declaration that the Seattle ordinance designating the church...

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