Clackamas County v. Ague

Defendants appeal from a decree to the effect that their living in a mobile home on their property violates the Clackamas County Zoning Ordinance, is therefore a nuisance and is to be permanently abated.

The first issues involve interpretation of the zoning ordinance, which defines a "trailer house” as a "[b]uilding designed in such a manner that it may be moved from one location to another.” Section 3.2. In spite of all evidence indicating that defendants’ dwelling comes within this definition, they argue that the prohibition on "trailer houses” does not apply to the "mobile home” they own…