Venable v. City of Albany

Petitioners seek review of LUBA’s affirmance of the City of Albany’s decision allowing Wiley Mtn., Inc.’s application for approval of a site plan for a manufactured home park.1 We reverse and remand.

The city treated the application in accordance with its procedures for limited land use decisions, under which no public hearing or related “Type III” procedures are required. Generally, site plan approvals for manufactured home parks are limited land use decisions under applicable provisions of the city’s land use legislation. See also ORS 197.015(12); ORS 197.195. However, section 6.131 of the…