1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

Petitioner seeks review of LCDC’s periodic review order for Yamhill County. It contends that LCDC erred by concluding that the county’s minimum parcel size requirements that permit parcels of fewer than 80 acres to be created in certain mixed agricultural/forestry (AF) zones comply with Goal 4 and OAR 660-06-026, a provision of the Goal 4 implementing rule. We affirm.

The dispute focuses on OAR 660-06-026(1), which provides:

“Governing bodies shall legislatively amend their land division standards to incorporate one or more of the following parcel sizes. Under these provisions, a governing body…