Craven v. Jackson County

Petitioner seeks review of LUBA’s affirmance of a Jackson County hearings officer’s approval of respondent Mahin’s (respondent) application for a “lot of record” dwelling on a parcel in an exclusive farm use zone. We affirm.

Prior to 1985, respondent acquired three contiguous parcels in the zone. One of them, Tax Lot 1900, was the site of an existing dwelling. A second, Tax Lot 1800, lies between Tax Lot 1900 and the third parcel, Tax Lot 2000.1 In 1994, respondent sold Tax Lot 1800 to her grandson, subject to a right of first refusal should he sell the property. She then filed the present…