Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 36.70.200 (2026)

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Whenever a board shall have created a planning agency, it shall also by ordinance, coincident with the enactment of a zoning ordinance, create a board of adjustment, and may establish the office of zoning adjustor: PROVIDED, That any county that has prior to June 10, 1959, enacted a zoning ordinance, shall, within ninety days thereof, create a board of adjustment.

[ 1963 c 4 s 36.70.200. Prior: 1959 c 201 s 20.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1978–1978 · leading case: Messer v. Snohomish Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 578 P.2d 50 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978).

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Messer v. Snohomish Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 578 P.2d 50 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978). “RCW 36.70.200. By statute, boards of adjustment are delegated broad authority with respect to permits, variances and nonconforming uses: Board of adjustment—Authority.”

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