Durig v. Washington County

VAN HOOMISSEN, S. J.

Petitioners seek review of a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) final order upholding a Washington County hearings officer’s approval of a request to construct seasonal farmworker housing on land zoned for exclusive farm use (EFU). We affirm.

We take the facts from LUBA’s opinion. Respondent Townsend Farms, Inc. (respondent), the applicant for the housing, operates a commercial farm. It sought and obtained a permit to construct seasonal farmworker housing on an EFU zoned parcel in Washington County. The approval allowed siting 33 manufactured dwellings to house about 391…