Legal challenge to floating oyster bag farm

Taylor Shellfish is facing another challenge to a floating oyster bag farm in Oakland Bay that was approved by a Mason County hearing examiner last year.

Friends of Oakland Bay filed a land use petition in September, disputing the county's interpretation that Taylor is not subject to certain zoning rules.

The suit, filed in Thurston County Superior Court, says zoning allows only a "hobby farm" that includes "small scale commercial agriculture."

Community Development Director Kell Rowen said in an Administration Determination letter in May the code doesn't apply and "does not preclude Taylor Sh...