Alto v. City of Cannon Beach

Petitioners appeal a judgment dismissing their writ of review proceeding concerning respondent City of Cannon Beach’s decision that, pursuant to section 5(3) of Ballot Measure 49 (2007), respondents George and Alexis Larsen (the Larsens) have a vested right to complete and continue the development of the use described in their Ballot Measure 37 (2004) waiver. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that, because petitioners have failed to establish statutory standing under ORS 195.318 — a statute establishing the requisites for challenging, by writ of review, a local government’s vesting…