1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

Petitioner 1000 Friends of Oregon (1000 Friends) seeks judicial review of the acknowledgment by respondent Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) of the Coos Bay Estuary Management Plan (the Plan) adopted by respondent Coos County and by the cities of Coos Bay and North Bend. 1 1000 Friends attacks only certain portions of the Plan, all of which concern areas within the county’s planning responsibility. Those portions are two exception areas related to a proposed industrial area on North Spit, one exception for a marina in the South Slough, and the provisions for protecting five…