McCoy v. Marion County

Petitioners appeal the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) dismissal of their appeal from respondent Marion County’s issuance of permits to the other respondents for erection of a transmission tower and related facilities for KECH-TV. We affirm.

The permits were issued in June and July, 1981, and the 950-foot tower was erected in October of that year. The county processed the applications for the permits as involving a permitted use in the zone and, consequently, it did not follow quasi-judicial procedures in connection with its issuance of the permits. In April, 1982, one or more of petitioners…