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Clark County is appealing to Superior Court to defend changes to urban growth boundaries approved by the Board of Clark County Commissioners in 2007.
The appeal was filed June 12, 2008, in Clark County. It seeks to overturn a recent decision and order from the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (WWGMHB). The state board found that the county did not comply with the state's Growth Management Act when bringing lands previously designated for agricultural uses into urban growth areas.
The county's appeal is aimed at retaining those lands within urban growth areas. If the appeal is not successful, those areas will revert to resource land designations in place before 2007, unless they have already been annexed to a city and are now within city limits.
View the WWGMHB Final Decision and Order (PDF).
View Clark County's Appeal (PDF).
The areas in question are:
CAMAS - CA-1 (342.56 acres)
CAMAS - CB (402.19 acres)
LA CENTER LB-1 (218.81 acres)
LA CENTER LB-2 (244.53 acres)
LA CENTER LE (112.47 acres)
RIDGEFIELD - RB-2 (199.69 acres)
VANCOUVER - VA (125.02 acres)
VANCOUVER - VA-2 (22.89 acres)
VANCOUVER - VB (780.43 acres)
WASHOUGAL - WB (166.06 acres)
