Polk County v. Department of Land Conservation & Development

Petitioners Polk County and 1000 Friends of Oregon seek review of a Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) order addressing a “work task” assigned to the county as part of a periodic review of county ordinances under ORS 197.628 to 197.636. LCDC’s order required Polk County to justify an exception to Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 3 and to take additional action under the provisions of an LCDC administrative rule regarding an area that the county sought to designate as an Urban Unincorporated Community.

Polk County and 1000 Friends seek review of LCDC’s order on separate and…