J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Board

The Landscape Contractors Board (Board) requests reconsideration of our decision reversing the Board’s order imposing a civil penalty on petitioner J. L. Ward Co. for operating a landscaping business without a valid landscaping business license. J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Board, 141 Or App 181, 916 P2d 887 (1996). We allow the motion, modify our opinion and adhere to it as modified.

At issue in this case is whether a contractor that constructs and landscapes its own homes and then sells the homes as a completed package engages in a “landscaping business” within the meaning of ORS…