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Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Volume 6 Land Use Development

Publication Year: 4th ed. updated 2016   Publication Type: Deskbook

Description:

Volume 6 focuses on project-specific issues and related land use processes and legal concerns, and reflects major developments through August 2016. Because of significant changes in the law since publication of the fourth edition in 2011, the following chapters have been completely replaced rather than merely supplemented: 5, 6, 9, 16, and 17.

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Editors:
Alexander W. (Sandy) Mackie, Heather L. Burgess (Editors-in-Chief), Thomas A. Barkewitz, James C. Carmody, F.J. (Rick) Dullanty, Mark E. Fickes, Duncan Greene, Ann M. Gygi, Michael M. Hanis, James D. Howsley, Duana Koloušková, Aaron M. Laing, Kathryn R. McKinley, Eric S. Merrifield, Scott M. Missall, Carol Morris, Alison Moss, Patrick J. Mullaney, Patrick W. Ryan, Elizabeth J. Sanderson, Nathan G. Smith, Laura N. Whitaker, Kristine R. Wilson, Robert D. Zeinemann

Authors:
Bryce E. Brown, Jr., Heather L. Burgess, Edward D. Callow, James C. Carmody, John T. Cooke, Robert R. Davis, Jr., Keith W. Dearborn, Jeffrey M. Eustis, Philip M. Ferester, Lara B. Fowler, Clayton P. Graham, Traci Granbois, Ann M. Gygi, Paul F. James, Robert Johns, W. Dale Kamerrer, Philip T. Kasin, Courtney A. Kaylor, Duana Koloušková, George A. Kresovich, Charles E. Maduell, Jennifer E. Morey, Jamie M. Morin, Michael A. Nesteroff, Garmon Newsom II, Cheryl A. Nielson, Patricia K. Nightingale, Joe V. Panesko, Terence A. Pruit, Steven W. Reneaud, Dennis D. Reynolds, Andrew F. Rigel, Charles B. Roe, Jr., Michael J. Rollinger, Stephen H. Roos, Ann E. Salay, James R. Schwartz, Craig H. Shrontz, Judith A. Shulman, Adrienne E. Smith, Janis Snoey, Joseph A. Stockton, Christa L. Thompson, James A. Tupper, Jr., James C. Waldo, Lawrence J. Warren, Katherine C. Wax, Martha F. Wehling, C. William West, Kristine R. Wilson, Richard R. Wilson

Table of Contents:

	Title
	End-User License Agreement
	Index to Forms, Checklists, and Appendices
	Preface to the Fourth Edition
	Preface to the 2016 Supplement
	Important Note About Local Hearings Board Decisions Cited in this Volume
	About the Editors
	Chapter 1 State Environmental Policy Act- Project Level Review   §1.1 Introduction §1.2 Projects Subject to SEPA Review §1.3 The Environmental Checklist §1.4 The Threshold Determination §1.5 The Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) §1.6 The Environmental Impact Statement §1.7 Considering and Mitigating Project Impacts §1.8 Analyzing and Mitigating Common Project Impacts §1.9 Prosecuting and Defending Project SEPA Appeals   §1.10 Chapter 64.40 RCW Damages Actions Related to Project SEPA Review   §1.11 Forms and Checklists (available on the CD accompanying this deskbook)
	Chapter 2 Subdivision of Land   §2.1 Introduction §2.2 Subdivisions in General §2.3 The Application and Review Process §2.4 The Preliminary Plat Hearing and Decision §2.5 Between Preliminary Approval and Final Plat Recording §2.6 Judicial Review §2.7 Violations; Penalties; Remedies §2.8 Vacation and Alteration of Plats   §2.9 Marketing of Subdivided Land
	Chapter 3 Dedication and Vacation   §3.1 Introduction §3.2 Requisites of a Valid Dedication §3.3 Offer to Dedicate-Statutory Dedication §3.4 Offer to Dedicate-Common-Law Dedication   §3.5 Prescriptive Easements and Implied Common-Law Dedications Distinguished §3.6 Acceptance of Dedication §3.7 Characteristics of the Dedicator   §3.8 Characteristics of the Dedicatee §3.9 Estate Acquired §3.10 Rights Acquired by the Public   §3.11 Revocation of Dedication §3.12 Abandonment and Vacation
	Chapter 4 PUDs, Binding Site Plans, and Other Innovative Land Use Controls §4.1 Introduction §4.2 Site Plan Approval as Prerequisite for Subdivision or Construction Approvals §4.3 Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) §4.4 Planned or Fully Contained Communities   §4.5 Master Planned Resorts §4.6 Cluster Housing §4.7 Binding Site Plans   §4.8 Forms and Checklists (available on the CD accompanying this deskbook)
	Chapter 5 Commercial Development   §5.1 Overview §5.2 Project Structures §5.3 Ownership Structures §5.4 Development Sequencing §5.5 Common Project Development Agreements
	Chapter 6 Washington Land Development Act   §6.1 Introduction   §6.2 Background   §6.3 Jurisdiction   §6.4 Public Offering Statement §6.5 Exemptions   §6.6 Blanket Encumbrances   §6.7 Improvement Assessments   §6.8 Rights Under Consumer Protection Act   §6.9 Rights Under Camping Resorts Act §6.10 Additional Disclosure Requirements
	Chapter 7 Development Exactions and Impact Fees §7.1 Introduction §7.2 Definitions §7.3 Sources of Authority §7.4 Limitations §7.5 Judicial Challenges to Exactions and Impact Fees
	Chapter 8 Development Agreements   §8.1 Introduction §8.2 Historical Background   §8.3 Purposes of a Development Agreement   §8.4 Parties and Properties Eligible for Development Agreements   §8.5 Required Contents: Development Standards and Other Provisions §8.6 Additional Provisions Commonly Included   §8.7 Duration of a Development Agreement §8.8 Vested Rights Under the Agreement   §8.9 Governmental Exactions in a Development Agreement §8.10 Procedural Issues   §8.11 Remedies for Breach   §8.12 Forms and Checklists (available on the CD accompanying this deskbook)
	Chapter 9 Development Rights   §9.1 Introduction   §9.2 Looking Forward: Using Development Rights to Shape Future Communities §9.3 Purchase of Development Rights §9.4 Transferable Development Rights §9.5 Funding the Acquisition of Development Rights §9.6 Land Trusts §9.7 Tax Benefits   §9.8 Final Thoughts
	Chapter 10 Shoreline Substantial Development   §10.1 Introduction §10.2 SMA Jurisdiction §10.3 Shoreline Policies   §10.4 Shoreline Master Programs §10.5 Shoreline Permits §10.6 Shorelines Hearings Board §10.7 Enforcement and the Role of DOE §10.8 Coastal Zone Management Program
	Chapter 11 Water Rights   §11.1 Introduction §11.2 Water Rights Doctrine §11.3 Establishing Water Rights §11.4 Loss of Water Rights §11.5 Transfers of a Title and Changes to Water Rights §11.6 Processing a Water Right Application §11.7 General Adjudication (Determination) of Water Rights §11.8 Updates to the Water Rights Law §11.9 Planning and Managing Water Resources §11.10 Administering Water Rights   §11.11 Federal Statutory Impacts on State Water Rights §11.12 Further Suggested Sources
	Chapter 12 State- Owned Public Lands   §12.1 Introduction §12.2 Lands Managed by the Department of Natural Resources §12.3 Washington State Department of Transportation Real Property Interests §12.4 Lands Managed by the Parks and Recreation Commission §12.5 Lands Managed by the Fish and Wildlife Commission   §12.6 Other State-Owned Lands
	Chapter 13 Mining Law- Surface Mining Regulations, Federal Mining Regulations §13.1 Introduction   §13.2 Mining on Washington's Public Lands §13.3 Mining on Private Lands §13.4 Mining on Federal Public Lands   §13.5 Forms and Checklists
	Chapter 14 Forest Practices   §14.1 Introduction §14.2 History of Forest Practices Regulation in Washington §14.3 Governmental Review of Forest Practices §14.4 State Regulation of Forest Practices §14.5 Local Government Regulation of Forest Practices §14.6 Other Statutes Affecting Forest Practices   §14.7 Forms and Checklists
	Chapter 15 Land Use Appeals and Judicial Review- Administrative Procedure Act and Other Remedies   §15.1 Adversarial Land Use Proceedings in General   §15.2 Start at the Beginning §15.3 Pitfalls for Plaintiffs and Potential Defenses §15.4 Prehearing Procedures   §15.5 Preparing the Brief   §15.6 Administrative Hearings--General Considerations §15.7 Conduct of the Hearing §15.8 Types of Administrative Bodies §15.9 Judicial Review--The Administrative Procedure Act   §15.10 Judicial Review--Declaratory Judgments §15.11 Writ Practice   §15.12 Forms and Checklists (available on the CD accompanying this deskbook)
	Chapter 16 Land Use Appeals and Judicial Review- Land Use Petition Act and Other Remedies   §16.1 Introduction §16.2 Appeal Remedies Available §16.3 Litigation Under the Land Use Petition Act §16.4 Damages §16.5 Attorney Fees §16.6 Appellate Court Review   §16.7 Conclusion
	Chapter 17 Land Use Damages Actions- Project Delay, Conditions, Denial   §17.1 Scope of Chapter §17.2 Statutory Claims Under Chapter 64.40 RCW §17.3 Claims Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 §17.4 Actions for Damages—Tort
	Chapter 18 Mediation and Voluntary Resolution of Environmental, Natural Resource, and Land Use Conflicts   §18.1 Introduction   §18.2 Background §18.3 Mediation and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Tools §18.4 Legal Framework for Environmental Dispute Resolution in Washington   §18.5 Brief Review of Federal and Tribal Considerations §18.6 Confidentiality Issues When Working With a Public Agency §18.7 Mediation and Dispute Resolution in Practice   §18.8 Resources
	Chapter 19 Nuisance and Trespass in Land Use Cases   §19.1 Introduction §19.2 Private Nuisance §19.3 Public Nuisance §19.4 Trespass §19.5 Remedies for Nuisance and Trespass
	Table of Cases
	Table of Statutes
	Table of References
	Subject Index