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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.70.400 (2026)

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The approval of the comprehensive plan, or of any amendment, extension or addition thereto, shall be by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total members of the commission. Such approval shall be by a recorded motion which shall incorporate the findings of fact of the commission and the reasons for its action and the motion shall refer expressly to the maps, descriptive, and other matters intended by the commission to constitute the plan or amendment, addition or extension thereto. The indication of approval by the commission shall be recorded on the map and descriptive matter by the signatures of the chair and the secretary of the commission and of such others as the commission in its rules may designate.
[ 2009 c 549 s 4117; 1963 c 4 s 36.70.400. Prior: 1961 c 232 s 2; 1959 c 201 s 40.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1969–2011 · leading case: Brinnon Grp. v. Jefferson Cnty., 159 Wash. App. 446 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011).
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Brinnon Grp. v. Jefferson Cnty., 159 Wash. App. 446 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 16× “¶34 A county planning under the GMA must establish a “public participation program identifying procedures providing for early and continuous public participation in the development and amendment of comprehensive land use plans.”
Smith v. Skagit Cnty., 453 P.2d 832 (Wash. 1969). · cites it 2× “"(6) The industrial rezoning is invalid because it was not recommended by a majority of the membership of the Planning Commission as required by RCW 36.70.400 and 36.70.600. "(7) The Planning Commission lacked jurisdiction to entertain the petition for rezoning or initiate the…”
BRINNON Grp. v. Jefferson Cnty., 245 P.3d 789 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 16× “¶ 34 A county planning under the GMA must establish a "public participation program identifying procedures providing for early and continuous public participation in the development and amendment of comprehensive land use plans.”
Brinnon Grp. v. Jefferson Cnty., 245 P.3d 789 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 16× “¶ 34 A county planning under the GMA must establish a "public participation program identifying procedures providing for early and continuous public participation in the development and amendment of comprehensive land use plans.”
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