1000 Friends of Oregon v. Washington County

Petitioner appeals from the Land Conservation and Development Commission’s acknowledgment of Washington County’s urban area comprehensive plan. Petitioner contends that the acknowledgment was inconsistent with LCDC’s previously officially stated position and practice in its order acknowledging the Metropolitan Service District’s regional urban growth boundary and its refusal to acknowledge the city of Hillsboro’s comprehensive plan. ORS 183.482(8)(b)(B). We affirm.

MSD’s UGB was acknowledged in January, 1980. It contained four enclaves of agricultural land, referred to as specially regulated…