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Lewis County adopts ordinance tightening standing rules for hearing-examiner appeals

Lewis County Board of Commissioners · March 24, 2026
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Summary

The Board of Commissioners on March 24 adopted Ordinance 1373 amending county code to clarify who has standing to appeal hearing-examiner land-use decisions; staff said appellants must have provided testimony related to the examiner’s criteria and exhausted administrative remedies.

The Lewis County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously March 24 to adopt Ordinance 1373, which amends Lewis County Code chapter 2.25 to clarify who may appeal a hearing-examiner land-use decision.

Natalie Kamenicki, senior long-range planner, told the board the amendment “clarifies that in order to have standing to appeal the hearing-examiner decision,…

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