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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.70.550 (2026)

Official controls

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From time to time, the planning agency may, or if so requested by the board shall, cause to be prepared official controls which, when adopted by ordinance by the board, will further the objectives and goals of the comprehensive plan. The planning agency may also draft such regulations, programs and legislation as may, in its judgment, be required to preserve the integrity of the comprehensive plan and assure its systematic execution, and the planning agency may recommend such plans, regulations, programs and legislation to the board for adoption.
[ 1963 c 4 s 36.70.550. Prior: 1959 c 201 s 55.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2024 · leading case: Barrie v. Kitsap Cnty., 613 P.2d 1148 (Wash. 1980).
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Barrie v. Kitsap Cnty., 613 P.2d 1148 (Wash. 1980). “RCW 36.70.550 provides that the commission may prepare official controls which further the plan's objectives and goals and may also draft regulations to preserve the plan's integrity.”
Save Our State Park v. Bd. of Clallam Cnty. Commissioners, 875 P.2d 673 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “RCW 36.70.550. Both parties cite various provisions in the Act that ostensibly demonstrate to whom the Legislature delegated authority.”
Leavitt v. Jefferson Cnty., 875 P.2d 681 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “The Code is a countywide zoning or land use regulation that serves as an "official control”, RCW 36.70.550, and implements the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan.”
Durocher v. King Cnty., 492 P.2d 547 (Wash. 1972). “RCW 36.70.550. RCW 36.70.020(11), in pertinent part, defines “official controls” as: legislatively defined and enacted policies, standards, precise detailed maps and other criteria, all of which control the physical development of a county .”
Barrie v. Kitsap Cnty., 527 P.2d 1377 (Wash. 1975). “1 See RCW 36.70.550 and RCW 36.70.560 for definitive explanation of official control.”
U.S. Sportsmen's All. Found. v. Smith, 557 P.3d 254 (Wash. 2024). “090(1)(a); RCW 36.70.550 (“The planning agency may also draft such regulations, programs and legislation as may, in its 5 The Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, “and all of its goals, objectives, policies, documents, and maps[,] .”
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