Nicholson v. Clatsop County

Petitioner Schroeder seeks review of LUBA’s remand of Clatsop County’s decision granting petitioner’s application for approval of a subdivision. We affirm.

The proposed location of the development is in an active dune overlay zone. The area is generally subject to Goal 18, the statewide planning goal relating to “coastal beach and dune areas.” In 1978, the county adopted comprehensive plan provisions that limited or prohibited development west of the active dune line. That year, the county also adopted Ordinance 78-25, through which it took an exception to Goal 18, based on existing…