Tirumali v. City of Portland

Petitioners filed separate appeals to LUBA from the City of Portland’s issuance of a residential building permit, and a revised permit to respondents Gaeth and Orcutt, as well as an explanatory letter from the City’s planning director concerning the permits. Petitioners contended, inter alia, that the city erred by allowing respondents to use an artificial, earth-filled “finished grade,” rather than the “original grade” of the sloping property, in fixing the “base point” for measuring the height of respondents’ building. Consequently, according to petitioners, the height of the building will…