City of Hillsboro v. Housing Development Corp.

The City of Hillsboro (City) appeals from a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision reversing the City’s determination' that a 90-unit housing project for migrant farmworkers is not a use permitted outright in the City’s A-2 (multi-family) zones. The City found that the project proposed by the Housing Development Corporation of Washington County (HDC), is only a “permitted” use and, as such, could be approved only through the City’s conditional use permit process. LUBA reversed, holding that the project fits within the City’s definition of “multi-family dwelling” and is therefore a use…