Tigard Sand and Gravel, Inc. v. Clackamas County

Petitioner seeks review of LUBA’s decision affirming a Clackamas County hearings officer’s declaratory determination that petitioner’s nonconforming use for a rock quarry operation has been lost due to both interruption and abandonment. We affirm.

We take the material facts from LUBA’s opinion:

“Petitioner owns and operates a rock quarry which is the subject of this appeal. The quarry has been a nonconforming use since zoning was first applied to the property in 1973. Between 1984 and 1991, petitioner discontinued blasting, crushing and other quarrying activities at the site, and removed most…