Edney v. Columbia County Board of Commissioners

Plaintiffs applied to Columbia County for a comprehensive plan map amendment and zone change to redesignate their property from Primary Forest (PF-76) to Forest Agricultural (FA-19). After the county’s alleged failure to take final action on the application within 120 days after its completion, plaintiffs brought this mandamus action against the defendant county commissioners pursuant to ORS 215.428 to compel them to grant the application. The trial court granted a peremptory writ, compelling defendants to approve the application. Defendants appeal, and we reverse.

ORS 215.428 provides, in…