Shaffer v. City of Winston

Plaintiff seeks a declaration that a city ordinance, as applied, denies him equal protection of the law in violation of Article I, section 20 1 of the Oregon Constitution and denies him due process of law in violation of Article I, section 18 2 by taking his property for public use without just compensation. The circuit court found the ordinance to be constitutional, and plaintiff appeals.

The challenged ordinance establishes a residential maintenance code and provides for its enforcement. It is supplemented in practice by a written policy adopted by the city council which sets out priorities…