Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 36.70.740 (2026)

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
Because of practical considerations, the total area of a county to be brought under the control of zoning may be divided into areas possessing geographical, topographical or urban identity and such divisions may be progressively and separately officially mapped.
[ 1963 c 4 s 36.70.740. Prior: 1959 c 201 s 74.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–2017 · leading case: Save Our Scenic Area v. Skamania Cnty., 352 P.3d 177 (Wash. 2015).
Save Our Scenic Area v. Skamania Cnty., 352 P.3d 177 (Wash. 2015). “The statute provides: After the adoption of the first map provided for in RCW 36.70.740, and pending the time that all property within a county can be precisely zoned through the medium of a zoning map, all properties not so precisely zoned by map shall be given a classification…”
State Ex Rel. Randall v. Snohomish Cnty., 488 P.2d 511 (Wash. 1971). “780: “After the adoption of the first map provided for in RCW 36.70.740, and pending the time that all property within a county can be precisely zoned through the medium of a zoning map, all properties not so precisely zoned by map shall be given a classification affording said…”
Peyote Canyon, LLC v. Cnty. of Benton (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “RCW 36.70.740 recognizes that because of practical reasons, a 2 RCW 36.”
Save Our Scenic Area v. Skamania Cnty. (Wash. 2015). “The statute provides: After the adoption of the first map provided for in RCW 36.70.740, and pending the time that all property within a county can be precisely ~l, zoned through the medium of a zoning map, all properties not so precisely zqned by map shall be given a…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.