Department of Land Conservation & Development v. Jackson County

Petitioners seek review of LUBA’s reversal of Jackson County’s decision granting petitioners’ application for a conditional use permit to expand an existing golf course. We reverse and remand.

The golf course is presently located, in its entirety, on urban land inside the urban growth boundary (UGB) of the City of Medford. The area of the proposed expansion would include some land that is outside the UGB, some that is zoned for exclusive farm use (EFU), and some that is “high-value farmland” under the Land Conservation and Development Commission’s (LCDC) rules codified at OAR 660-33-010 et…