Brown v. City of Medford

Plaintiff applied to the City of Medford for approval to partition his parcel into a northern lot and southern lot. The city’s planning commission approved a tentative plan of the partition, but on the condition that plaintiff dedicate an easement over the southern lot for a future public street. Plaintiff then filed a complaint alleging that the city’s exaction of the easement violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Article I, section 18, of the Oregon Constitution; and ORS 197.796. After a series of pretrial rulings, the city stipulated to the…