Legal Opinion
Wetherell v. Douglas County
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided October 23, 2006No. 2005-174; A132504PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchuman, P. J.
Douglas County approved a plan by Umpqua Pacific Resources Company, Inc. (Umpqua) to build a nonfarm dwelling in a zone designated for exclusive farm use, despite objections from Wetherell. Wetherell appealed the approval to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), which rejected the county’s approval because, among other reasons, Umpqua had failed to produce substantial evidence that the land on which it wanted to build was unsuitable for farm, livestock, or timber use. Wetherell v. Douglas County, 51 Or LUBA 699, 713-14 (2006). Consequently, LUBA remanded the case to the county. Umpqua seeks…
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