Natural Resources & Manufacturing

Land use and growth management

The area of land use and property development is a complex web of overlapping statutory, regulatory and municipal code provisions. Navigating this web requires a comprehensive understanding of development requirements, combined with a practical appreciation for the project’s goals. The Natural Resources & Manufacturing Industries Team has a unique blend of skills to assist clients, negotiate entitlements with local, state and federal permit agencies, negotiating amendments to regulations where needed to achieve the client’s objectives, and when necessary defend those changes in plans and regulations and those permits against environmental challengers. Specific expertise includes:

• Growth Management and particularly the location of industrial and resource lands
• Brownfield re-development
• SEPA and NEPA compliance
• Working with local officials to secure permits and entitlements
• Representing clients’ interests in the drafting and revision of comprehensive plans, zoning regulations and other development regulations.
• Permitting of Shorelines, Wetlands, and other Ecologically Sensitive Areas
• Transferable Development Rights and Mitigation Banking
• Water Rights
• Regulatory Takings and Inverse Condemnation
• Historic Preservation
• Litigation before the Growth Management Hearings Board, the Shorelines Hearings Board, and in the Courts to defend clients’ permits and entitlements

• Industry Teams
  • Communications
  • Emerging Companies & Entrepreneurs
  • Financial Services
  • Hospitality, Beverage and Franchise & Distribution
  • Litigation
  • Natural Resources & Manufacturing
  • Real Estate
• Practice Teams