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SAMMAMISH COUNCIL v. CITY OF BELLEVUE

Nos. 47252-6-I, 47786-2-I.

29 P.3d 728 (2001)

SAMMAMISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL, a municipal corporation; and East Bellevue Community Council, a community municipal corporation, Respondents, v. CITY OF BELLEVUE, a municipal corporation, Appellant. City of Bellevue, a Washington municipal corporation, Appellant, v. East Bellevue Community Municipal Corporation, a Washington community municipal corporation; and Sammamish Community Municipal Corporation, a Washington community municipal corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Palmer Derr, Samuel Wilmore Plauche, Kitteridge Oldham, Seattle, for Amicus Seattle King County.

Alan Copsey, Asst. Attorney General, Olympia, for Amicus Dept. of Comm. Trade.

Peter Dykstra, Seattle, for Amicus American Planning.

Peter Ramels, H. Kevin Wright, Seattle, for Amicus King County.

Roger A. Pearce, John Tayloe Washburn, Richard L. Settle, Seattle, Richard L. Andrews, Lori Molander Riordan, Bellevue City Attorney, Bellevue, Elaine Louise Spencer, Graham & Dunn, John Richard Aramburu, Law Offices of J. Richard Aramburu, Seattle, for Appellants.

John Aramburu, Seattle, for Respondents.

COLEMAN, J.

In these consolidated cases, we are asked to define the disapproval authority given to community councils by RCW 35.14.040. Although RCW 35.14.040 gives community councils final decision-making authority, it limits that authority to, inter alia, zoning ordinances and amendments to the comprehensive plan that apply to land, buildings, or structures within the community councils' respective geographic jurisdictions. The first issue is whether the...

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