DIEHL v. MASON COUNTY

No. 22540-9-II.

972 P.2d 543 (1999)

John E. DIEHL and Gordon Jacobson, Warren Dawes, Jutta Riediger, Vern Rutter, and Kerry Holm individually, and as members of the Mason County Community Development Council, a non-profit association, Respondents, v. MASON COUNTY, Appellant, and Peter E. Overton, individually and on behalf of Overton & Associates, L.P.; North Mason, L.P.; Coulter Creek, L.P.; Southwest Kitsap, L.P.; and North Bay Properties, L.P.; McDonald Land Company, James Hunter d/b/a Hunter Christmas Trees, and Paul Hunter and Bill Hunter, Jr. d/b/a Hunter Farms; South 101 Corridor Group, Inc., and Manke Lumber Company, Inc., a Washington corporation, Intervenors,

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

March 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Charles McCullough, Seattle, Peter Overton, Overton & Associates, Olympia, for Intervenors.

David Brian St. Pierre, Deputy Mason County Prosecuting Attorney, Shelton, for Appellant.

William Theodore Lynn, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Etal, Tacoma, for Other Party Manke Lumber Co.

Marjorie Ann Smitch, Thomas Ross Bjorgen, Meeks Morgan Bauer, Olympia, John E. Diehl, Shelton, Kevin W. Teague, Seattle, for Respondents.


BRIDGEWATER, C.J.

Mason County adopted a comprehensive growth management plan as required by the Growth Management Act (GMA). The Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board invalidated the plan because it did not comply with several GMA requirements. Mason County appeals from the superior court's order affirming the Board. We affirm.

The Legislature enacted the GMA, RCW 36.70A.010-.902, to minimize threats...

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