Gordon v. Clackamas County

Petitioners seek review of the Land Use Board of Appeals’ affirmance of Clackamas County’s land use decisions allowing the Port of Portland to expand and increase the basing capacity of an airport in the Mulino area. We affirm.

Three of petitioners’ four assignments challenge LUBA’s conclusion that the county’s exceptions to Goals 3 and 4 are consistent with ORS 197.732(1)(c) and with the applicable exceptions rule, OAR 660-04-022(1). Although petitioners make a heroic effort to cast their arguments as points of law, we conclude that the first three assignments fail, because — as relevant to…