GOLD STAR RESORTS, INC. v. FUTUREWISE

No. 80810-4.

222 P.3d 791 (2009)

GOLD STAR RESORTS, INC., Petitioner, v. FUTUREWISE and Whatcom County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided December 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Belcher, Belcher Swanson Law Firm PLLC, Bellingham, WA, for Petitioner.

Kenneth Lederman, Riddell Williams PS, Tim Trohimovich, Futurewise, Keith Patrick Scully, Gendler & Mann LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Brian Trevor Hodges, Pacific Legal Foundation, Bellevue, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Jerald R. Anderson, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.

Karen Frakes, Whatcom County Prosecutor's Office, Bellingham, WA, for Whatcom County.


MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 This case involves challenges to Whatcom County's (the County) comprehensive plan on the ground that it does not comply with the Growth Management Act's (GMA), chapter 36.70A RCW, provisions regarding limited areas of more intensive rural development and rural densities. We agree with the Court of Appeals that, as the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (Board) concluded, the County must revise its comprehensive plan to conform...

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