Century Properties, LLC v. City of Corvallis

Petitioner seeks judicial review of a final opinion and order of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), which concluded that petitioner lacked statutory standing to appeal certain ordinances that the City of Corvallis (city) had adopted as part of its periodic review process. The city moves to dismiss the judicial review for want of constitutional standing. We deny the motion to dismiss and affirm.

The relevant facts are few and undisputed. The city began its periodic review of its comprehensive plan and land use amendments in 1996. In 2000, the Department of Land Conservation and Development…