Tarjoto v. Lane County

Petitioner seeks review of LUBA’s dismissal of his appeal from the Lane County planning director’s decisions approving two permits for nonforest dwellings in a forestry zone. The dismissal was based on LUBA’s conclusion that petitioner also had appealed the director’s decisions to a county hearings officer, that that local appeal was still pending and, therefore, petitioner had not fulfilled the exhaustion of available local remedies requirement that ORS 197.825(2)(a) makes a condition precedent to appealing to LUBA. Under the facts of this case, we agree with that conclusion and affirm.

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