Schoonover v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

Petitioner seeks review of LCDC’s enforcement order, which prohibits Klamath County from approving building permits or mobile home permits for nonforest dwellings on petitioner’s property, unless the county satisfies six justifying criteria that are set out in the order. ORS 197.320.1

The property is an 80-acre tract in a forest zone. In November, 1988, the county approved conditional use permits for 16 nonforest dwellings on the property! The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) was not given notice of the decisions allowing the permits until after they became final. When…