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Wash. Rev. Code § 14.12.090 (2026)

Airport zoning requirements

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(1) Reasonableness. All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable and none shall impose any requirement or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In determining what regulations it may adopt, each political subdivision and joint airport zoning board shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood, and the uses to which the property to be zoned is put and adaptable.
(2) Nonconforming uses. No airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall require the removal, lowering, or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in RCW 14.12.110(3).
[ 1945 c 174 s 6; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 2722-20. Formerly RCW 14.12.090 and 14.12.100.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1960–1960 · leading case: Mills v. Orcas Power & Light Co., 355 P.2d 781 (Wash. 1960).
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Mills v. Orcas Power & Light Co., 355 P.2d 781 (Wash. 1960). · cites it 3× “Although RCW 14.12.090(2) limits the zoning power as respects already existing hazards, the statutes specifically provide for the marking and lighting of existing hazards by the municipality.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 14.12.090(2) — 1 case
Mills v. Orcas Power & Light Co., 355 P.2d 781 (Wash. 1960). “Although RCW 14.12.090(2) limits the zoning power as respects already existing hazards, the statutes specifically provide for the marking and lighting of existing hazards by the municipality.”
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