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Rural-Related GMHB Cases

This page provides links to digests of rural-related growth management hearings board cases for each of the three regional boards. Each of the digests has a keyword directory to facilitate finding cases related to different topics, including rural centers, rural character, rural densities, rural element and Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development (LAMIRD). (The table of contents will help you find the keyword directory).  The digests provide summaries of most cases, although some very recent cases may not be indexed.  If you'd like to see the complete case, note the year and case number.  You may then go to the Decisions compilation that is available for each of the boards.  Again, the links are provided below.  To find the complete case on the hearing board's web site, follow these steps:

  1. Select the specific board that heard the case of interest, e.g. Western Washington.
  2. Select "Decisions."
  3. Select the year the case was heard. (See below for an explanation of where to find the year from the case number).
  4. Scan the list of cases until you find the title and case number shown in the digest. The titles in the Central Puget Sound digest have been shortened and occasionally abbreviations have been used. For instance, KCRP stands for Kitsap Citizen's for Rural Preservation.
  5. The following paragraph explains the case number system. For the Central Puget Sound digest, the following paragraph (from the hearing board's web site) will help you convert the short case number used in the digest to the full case number used in the case decisions listing:

The case number (e.g., 93-3-0008c) indicates: the year the case was filed (first two digits - 1993); the Board where the case was filed (third digit - 3 = Central Puget Sound, 2 = Western, and 1 = Eastern); the case number (last four digits - the 8th Petitionfor review filed); and whether the case is consolidated (c = consolidated).  Usually the consolidated case number assigned corresponds to the number of the last Petition for Review that was filed and consolidated.  In the Central Puget Sound Digest, the short number of the case is depicted the same way as the short case name - parenthetically and in bold italics. However, only four or five digits are used to depict the same information just described (e.g., 3308c: year 1993, board 3, case 08, consolidated).  After the year 1999, the Central Puget Sound board began using five digits for the short case number (e.g. 04309c: year 2004, board 3, case 09, consolidated).