Hansen v. Board of Commissioners

This case involves a single parcel of land in Benton County, which the property owners sought to subdivide into nine lots in a manner prohibited by the state and county land use laws then in effect. To facilitate that subdivision, the owners sought and obtained a decision from the Benton County Board of Commissioners, in which the county concluded that the owners had a vested right, under Ballot Measure 49 (2007), to proceed with the subdivision. Petitioners challenged that decision in circuit court through the writ of review process, ORS 34.010 to 34.102. The trial court agreed with…