Hitchcock v. McMinnville City Council

This is an appeal from an order granting intervenor’s motion to dismiss a petition for writ of review by which petitioner sought to challenge a decision by the McMinnville City Council (Council) on a zone change application. The motion was granted on the grounds that the petition for review had not been timely filed within the 60-day statutory limit (ORS 34.030)1 and that petitioner lacked standing to challenge the decision.2 We affirm.

In February, 1978, petitioner petitioned the Council to act on its own motion to rezone certain property from commercial to a less intensive use. A portion of…