Anderson v. Island County
Supreme Court of Washington
501 P.2d 594 (1972)
Relevant factsFree
After Island County (defendant) zoned the Holmes Harbor area residential, it later rezoned a single company's land to commercial to accommodate an existing cement batching plant, leaving only a narrow green belt buffer that neighboring residents testified didn't actually block noise or dust; neighboring landowners (plaintiffs) sued, and the trial court, crediting the county's findings about employment benefits and poor soil quality, upheld the rezoning as not arbitrary and capricious.
IssueFree
Whether a zoning regulation must bear a substantial relation to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare.