Emerson v. Deschutes County Board of Commissioners

Petitioner owns residential property located near the Classic Estates Subdivision in Deschutes County. The subdivision received preliminary plat approval by the county planning commission on March 9, 1977, without notice to those entitled thereto under local ordinance, including petitioner, and without a public hearing. Petitioner first received actual notice of the preliminary plat approval September 28, 1977. On September 1, 1978, the Deschutes County board of commissioners approved the final plat. Petitioner filed a petition on October 2, 1978, for a writ of mandamus to require the board…