Department of Land Conservation & Development v. City of St. Helens

The City of St. Helens annexed a parcel of property that lies approximately 1,500 feet outside the city limits, but is within the city’s urban growth boundary (UGB). Simultaneously, the city annexed a 1,500-foot stretch of public road, which is also within the UGB and which connects the “target property” to the city, and made related land use decisions to advance the possible eventual use of the property for a Wal-Mart store. The Warren Neighborhood Association (respondent) and others1 appealed the city’s annexation and other decisions to LUBA. Although LUBA remanded the decisions on several…