Central Eastside Industrial Council v. City of Portland

In 1993, the City of Portland adopted a resolution requesting the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) not to build the “Water Avenue Ramp” (ramp) as a means of freeway access and, instead, to apply funding and development planning to other transportation alternatives. Petitioners appealed to LUBA, contending that the city’s comprehensive plan “mandates” the ramp, and that the resolution therefore violates the plan. LUBA concluded that, because the resolution is simply a recommendation from one governmental body to another, it is not a final land use decision. ORS 197.015(10)(a)(A).…