Breivogel v. Washington County

On June 7, 1991, a Washington County hearings officer approved petitioner Kite/Cupp Legend Golf Development Company’s (petitioner) application to install a golf course on a 345-acre parcel in an exclusive farm and forestry zone. Respondents1 filed an appeal from that decision to the governing body, and petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration by the hearings officer. The hearings officer allowed reconsideration and modified the previous decision in one insubstantial particular. On August 29, respondents again appealed to the governing body from the decision on reconsideration. Unlike the…