Friends of Ravenna-Cowen v. City of Seattle — SEPA Appeals of FEIS Adequacy Not Barred by Housing Reform’s Appeal Prohibition Statutes; One Seattle Plan Environmental Review Must Proceed
The Washington Court of Appeals, Division I, reversed a hearing examiner’s dismissal of SEPA appeals challenging the adequacy of the FEIS for Seattle’s “One Seattle Plan,” holding that state housing reform appeal prohibition statutes (RCW 36.70A.600(3) and RCW 36.70A.680(3)) bar challenges to adopted housing-increasing planning actions but do not bar pre-decisional administrative appeals of FEIS adequacy under SEPA before the City Council votes on the underlying plan.