Von Lubken v. Hood River County

Petitioners seek review of LUBA’s affirmance of Hood River County’s approval of respondent Brookside’s application for a conditional use permit to develop a golf course on land that is located, in part, in an exclusive farm use (EFU) zone and is “capable of sustaining accepted farming practices.” The county zoning ordinance requires that proposed conditional uses comply, inter alia, with the comprehensive plan. The issue is whether standard D(9), one of the plan’s Goal 3 “land use designations and standards” (standards), precludes the conditional use permit for the golf course. Standard D(9)…