# James v. Kitsap County

> Washington Supreme Court · July 7, 2005 · 154 Wash. 2d 574

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4713186

## Case

- **Full name:** James T. James v. Kitsap County
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 7, 2005
- **Citations:** 154 Wash. 2d 574
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Chambers
- **Judges:** Alexander, Bridge, Chambers, Fairhurst, Ireland, Johnson, Madsen, Owens, Sanders, Tern
- **Cited by:** 60 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4713186

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that imposition of impact fees as a condition for the issuance of a building permit is a land use decision
- holding that the imposition of impact fees as a condition on a building permit was unreviewable absent a timely challenge to the permit
- recognizing that the Land Use Petition Act, RCW 36.70C.030(1) establishes uniform procedures by its own terms and is the exclusive means of land use decisions
- holding that the imposition of impact fees as a condition on the issuance of a building permits was a land use decision subject to LUPA

## Opinion text

¶51 (concurring in dissent) — I concur with the dissent in result, but only as to those developers who paid under protest.
Chambers, J.,
Reconsideration denied November 2, 2005.

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