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CITY OF REDMOND v. CENTRAL PUGET SOUND

No. 65863-3.

959 P.2d 1091 (1998)

136 Wash.2d 38

CITY OF REDMOND, a Washington municipal corporation, Appellant, v. CENTRAL PUGET SOUND GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD; State Of Washington; The Benaroya Shareholders Trust, Larry R. Benaroya, Trustee; Cosmos Development and Administration Corp.; Universal Holdings Ltd. Partnership II; Seattle-King County Association of Realtors; and Building Industry Association of Washington, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ogden, Murphy & Wallace, James E. Haney, Seattle, for Appellant.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Majorie Smitch, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Bogle & Gates, Elaine Spencer, Seattle, for Respondents.

TALMADGE, Justice.

This case requires us to apply the definition of "agricultural lands" set forth in the Growth Management Act (GMA), RCW 36.70A, to parcels located within the Urban Growth Area (UGA) of the City of Redmond (the City). The parcels had been zoned agricultural for decades prior to the GMA. The landowners, however, had not farmed the land for many years. The proper definition of the statutory term of art, "agricultural lands," pits the Legislature's...

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