CRYSTAL CHALETS ASS'N v. PIERCE COUNTY

No. 22357-1-II.

966 P.2d 424 (1998)

CRYSTAL CHALETS ASSOCIATION, John and Jo Anne Aitken, Bruce and Ann Vanderwall, Michael B. Scarff, William and Patricia McDowell, Richard and Mary Holm, Louis Pepper, Kay Most, Melvyn Simburg, Gonya Klein, David and Molly Meyer, Elizabeth Jenkins, Joan Lasersohn, Hans Bebie, J.L. and Carol Schwabland, David McCallum, Richard Reininger, Fred Nelson, Robert and Sharon Lambert, Sherman Huffine, Robert and Elizabeth Shea, Terry and Kathryn McNees, Sean and Beverly Atteridge, John Slattery, James and Jackie Schack, Glen Osterhout, Donald and Virginia Perkins, Earl and Natalie Olsen, Arthur and Aija Ozolin, Betty Jane Gallucci, Gary McLean, Leo Olbu, Diane and Martin Tullis, and Pete Ikicich, or their successors and assigns, Respondents, v. PIERCE COUNTY, a Washington municipal corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

November 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. McDowell, Wenatchee, for Respondents.

Robert Paul Dick, Pierce Co. Deputy Pros. Atty., Tacoma, for Appellant.


SEINFELD, J.

In this tax case, owners of residential condominiums located on United States government land that is designated as national forest challenged Pierce County's valuation of their properties. The trial court, applying RCW 84.40.030(2), ordered the County assessor to substitute as the assessed values the cost of reconstruction less depreciation instead of comparable sales data. We conclude that the units are not "being used under terms of a franchise" and...

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