State ex rel. Oregon Pipeline Co. v. Clatsop County

Appellant Oregon Pipeline (Pipeline) appeals from a circuit court judgment dismissing its petition for a writ of mandamus, brought under ORS 215.429, in which it sought to compel respondent Clatsop County (the county) to approve Pipeline’s application for a land use approval of a natural gas pipeline. The circuit court dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction, and we affirm.

The pertinent facts are procedural. Pipeline applied to the county for land use approval to construct a natural gas pipeline, pursuant to a review of a conditional use permit and a geologic hazard permit. Pipeline’s…