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NOBLE MANOR CO. v. PIERCE COUNTY

No. 64053-0.

943 P.2d 1378 (1997)

133 Wash.2d 269

NOBLE MANOR COMPANY, a Washington corporation, Respondent, v. PIERCE COUNTY, a municipal corporation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ladenburg, Pierce County Prosecutor and Douglas W. Vanscoy, Deputy County Prosecutor, Tacoma, for Petitioner.

Demarest & Associates, Stephen H. Demarest, Friday Harbor, for Respondent.

Meeks, Morgan & Bauer, Thomas R. Bjorgen and Christopher W. Bawn, Olympia, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, John E. Keegan, Marco De Sa E Silva and Jeffrey B. Youmans, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf Building Industry Association.

GUY, Justice.

Pierce County asks this Court to construe the meaning of the statute which extended the "vested rights doctrine" to applications for short subdivisions. We conclude that upon the submission of a complete application for a short subdivision, the applicant has the right to have that application, including both the request to divide and the request to develop the land, considered under the zoning and land use laws in effect on the date of the application...

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