Gordon v. City of Beaverton

Petitioners seek review of a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) order dismissing their appeal from a land use decision of the respondent City of Beaverton. The ground for LUBA’s dismissal was that petitioners filed their petition for review and supporting brief one day after the statutory period for doing so had elapsed. The issue, as formulated by petitioners and the city, is whether filing the petition and brief within the time prescribed by Oregon Laws 1979, ch 772, § 4(6) is a jurisdictional requirement or is one which LUBA has discretion to waive or extend. 1

Appeals to LUBA are initiated…