SB 5053 - DIGEST

     Declares that, in the event an assessment is determined by a method which assumes a land usage not permitted under existing zoning or land use planning ordinances or statutes, the owner may, from the time such assessment is entered upon the assessment roll, use such property in the manner assumed in calculating such assessment, notwithstanding the restrictions of such zoning or land use planning ordinances or statutes.

     Declares that zoning and other land use controls adopted by a first class city, county, city, town, code city or charter county are subject to the owner's right to property uses presumed in assessment calculations provided in RCW 84.40.030, 35.44.047, and 36.94.220.