Friends of Yamhill County, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners

This case concerns whether the circuit court applied correct legal standards in its review of a county determination that claimant had vested rights to continue development of a subdivision. The county decision under review recognized claimant’s prior efforts to obtain subdivision approval and construct related improvements as sufficient to vest claimant’s right to construct nine additional houses on the property. That vesting determination qualified the property as subject to special zoning allowances under a law recently adopted by the voters. Petitioner Friends of Yamhill County (Friends)…