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Skagit commissioners hear closed-record appeal over unpermitted Eager Beaver Tree Service
Summary
Chair Janicki presided over a closed-record appeal hearing Jan. 28 in which the owners of Eager Beaver Tree Service asked the Skagit County Board of Commissioners to reverse a hearing examiner's decision upholding an administrative order to abate an alleged unpermitted business at a residence.
Chair Janicki presided over a closed-record appeal hearing Jan. 28 in which the owners of Eager Beaver Tree Service asked the Skagit County Board of Commissioners to reverse a hearing examiner's decision upholding an administrative order to abate an alleged unpermitted business at a residence. The appeal concerns administrative order CE22-0175 and hearing examiner decision dated Sept. 14, 2024; the board said it will render a public decision on March 11, 2025, at 11 a.m.
The appellants, represented by an attorney identified in the record as Mister Miller, said Eager Beaver was founded in 1991 and has operated as a family home-based arborist business for about 34 years. "This is big brother beating up on a small business in Skagit County," Miller told the commissioners, urging them to apply the Jefferson County v. Lakeside Industries case and reverse the hearing examiner.
Jason De Avion, civil deputy prosecutor representing the planning department, said the county…
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