Jones v. Douglas County

In 1995, Douglas County approved the establishment of an “owner of record” dwelling on the property of petitioners Philip and Cynthia Bowes (the Boweses). Over the next 15 years, the Boweses requested, and the county granted, 14 extensions of the original approval. In 2010, respondents, several neighboring property owners (the neighbors), appealed five of the county’s extension deci sions — viz., the 1997,1998,1999, 2000, and 2002 decisions— to LUBA. LUBA dismissed those appeals for lack of jurisdiction, reasoning that, under the plain terms of OAR 660-033-0140(3), 1 the extension decisions…