Rudd v. Malheur County

UBA No. 80-056, 1980 WL 267415 (1980)

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Rudd v. Malheur County

Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals
UBA No. 80-056, 1980 WL 267415 (1980)

Facts

Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted a series of development goals with which local planning and zoning commissions were required to comply. Goal 3 required the preservation and maintenance of agricultural lands for farm use, and Goal 10 required local governments to designate sufficient suitable land within an urban-growth boundary to meet residential needs. Developers petitioned Malheur County, Oregon (the county) (defendant) to change the zoning designation for a 32-acre parcel of land from farm use to rural residential. The property was located approximately four miles from the City of Ontario and was outside the city’s urban-growth boundary. The county granted the zoning change. In support of its decision, the county reasoned that an exception to Goal 3 was appropriate because: (1) there was a market demand for rural non-farm housing, and (2) due to population growth, the city was likely to exhaust the supply of residential housing within its urban-growth boundary in the near future. Rudd (plaintiff) appealed the county’s decision, arguing that the rezoning violated the goals established by Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Reynolds, Chief Referee)

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