1000 Friends of Oregon v. Lane County

ORS 197.763 establishes a general requirement that a party must raise issues before the local decision-making body in order to raise them in appeals to LUBA. The statute also creates notice and procedural requirements to facilitate the presentation and preservation of issues at the local level. Through amendments to section 14.300(5) of its code, Lane County adopted procedures aimed at implementing ORS 197.763. 1000 Friends of Oregon (petitioner) appealed those amendments to LUBA, contending that the county provisions violate the statute in two respects. LUBA concluded that the ordinance is…