State ex rel. J.C. Reeves Corp. v. City of Portland

In 1991, the City of Portland granted the application of plaintiffs’ predecessor in title for a planned unit development (PUD). The approval was made subject to a number of conditions, including condition H. The city’s decision was not appealed to LUBA. In 1993, plaintiffs brought this mandamus action, seeking to compel the city to issue permits and in other ways implement the 1991 decision with condition H deleted from it. Plaintiffs contend that the underlying standards and criteria that the condition embodies were not in effect when the PUD application was submitted; therefore, plaintiffs…