Morse Bros. v. Columbia County

Columbia County petitions for review of LUBA’s reversal of the county’s denial of respondent Morse Bros.’ (respondent) application for comprehensive plan and zoning amendments that would facilitate respondent’s use of a 190-acre site for aggregate and mineral surface mining. LUBA concluded that the county’s decision was contrary to Goal 5 and to OAR 660-023-0180, the amended implementing rule for aggregate and mineral resources that the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) adopted in 1996. LUBA held that the amended rule was directly applicable to the county’s decision, because…