Washington Statutes

§ 36.70.010 — Purpose and intent.

Washington § 36.70.010
JurisdictionWashington
Title 36COUNTIES
Ch. 36.70PLANNING ENABLING ACT

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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.70.010 (2026).

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The purpose and intent of this chapter is to provide the authority for, and the procedures to be followed in, guiding and regulating the physical development of a county or region through correlating both public and private projects and coordinating their execution with respect to all subject matters utilized in developing and servicing land, all to the end of assuring the highest standards of environment for living, and the operation of commerce, industry, agriculture and recreation, and assuring maximum economies and conserving the highest degree of public health, safety, morals and welfare.

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Legislative History

[1963 c 4 s 36.70.010. Prior:1959 c 201 s 1.]

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