Another legal hot point appears to have been settled in Black Diamond following the Supreme Court ruling April 25 regarding duplicate applications for YarrowBay’s master planned developments.

The Supreme Court denied a petition for review of a Court of Appeals decision concerning the two master planned developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills, in Black Diamond. The review was requested by Toward Responsible Development.

The appeals court ruled the growth board lacked jurisdiction to review the 2010 ordinances approving the two master planned developments.

YarrowBay had filed a duplicate application for the two developments in 2011.

The city accepted the applications as complete. YarrowBay paid $206,700 for the duplicate applications.

The City Council passed a resolution April 5 authorizing Mayor Rebecca Olness to file a lawsuit against YarrowBay asking for a judgement on the duplicate applications.

The suit was prepared and sent to YarrowBay, but was not filed in Superior Court by administration.

YarrowBay representatives stated the second application was submitted as protection in case the appeals court decision and subsequent Supreme Court ruling went against them.

Following the Supreme Court ruling, Brian Ross, YarrowBay managing partner, said at the Thursday Black Diamond City Council meeting the development firm would pull the second permit for the master planned developments.

The permits for the two developments were unanimously approved by the City Council in September 2010.

Colin Lund, chief entitlement officer for YarrowBay, sent a letter to the city Friday withdrawing the duplicate applications and asking for its “submittal fees for such applications totaling $207,700.”