Link v. City of Coos Bay

Plaintiff, a grocery store owner, unsuccessfully opposed a purported amendment to the Coos Bay zoning ordinance made by the City of Coos Bay Planning Commission. Before the change, a grocery store was neither a permitted nor conditional use in the area in question. The planning commission action purportedly amended the zoning ordinance to classify a grocery store as a conditional use. The commission then granted the application for a conditional use permit made by defendant Southland Corporation, owner of a chain of grocery stores.

Plaintiff appealed to the Coos Bay City Council. That body,…