Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 36.70.720 (2026)

Prerequisite for zoning

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Zoning maps as an official control may be adopted only for areas covered by a comprehensive plan containing not less than a land use element and a circulation element. Zoning ordinances and maps adopted prior to June 10, 1959, are hereby validated, provided only that at the time of their enactment the comprehensive plan for the county existed according to law applicable at that time.

[ 1963 c 4 s 36.70.720. Prior: 1959 c 201 s 72.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1969–2017 · leading case: Smith v. Skagit Cnty., 453 P.2d 832 (Wash. 1969).

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Smith v. Skagit Cnty., 453 P.2d 832 (Wash. 1969). · cites it 2× “Zoning may be achieved by adoption of official zoning maps (RCW 36.70.720), or by text without zoning maps (RCW 36.”

Peyote Canyon, LLC v. Cnty. of Benton (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “RCW 36.70.720 provides that once a county has a comprehensive plan, it may adopt zoning maps as an official control only for the areas covered by that plan.”

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