SCHNITZER WEST, LLC v. CITY OF PUYALLUP

No. 94005-3.

416 P.3d 1172 (2018)

SCHNITZER WEST, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PUYALLUP, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent, and Viking JV LLC, Additional Party.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed May 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Richard Hill , John Charles McCullough Jr. , Courtney E. Flora , McCullough Hill PS, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 6600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7006, Paul Renwick Taylor , Byrnes Keller Cromwell LLP, 1000 2nd Ave. Ste. 3800, Seattle, WA, 98104-1062 for Petitioner.

Joseph Zachary Lell , Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC, 901 5th Ave. Ste. 3500, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, Joseph N. Beck , City of Puyallup, 333 S. Meridian, Puyallup, WA, 98371 for Respondent.

Adam R. Frank , BIAW, 111 21st Ave. Sw, Olympia, WA, 98501-2809 for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Building Industry Association of Washington.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's Office, PO Box 1995, 415 W 6th St. Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995, Adam Rosenberg , Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, 601 Union St. Ste. 4100, Seattle, WA, 98101-1368, Daniel Brian Heid , City of Auburn, 25 W Main St., Auburn, WA, 98001-4998 for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Hollis Herman Barnett , Attorney at Law, 317 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA, 98371-5913 for Other Parties.


¶ 1 This case presents the question whether a city council's restrictive zoning decision is judicially reviewable under chapter 36.70C RCW, the Land Use Petition Act (LUPA), where the ordinance targeted a single property with a sole owner and was not an amendment to the city's comprehensive plan. Because such a land use decision...

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