Dimone v. City of Hillsboro

Petitioners seek judicial review of the Land Use Board of Appeals’ (LUBA’s) affirmance of an amendment by the City of Hillsboro to its zoning map designation for a newly annexed area. The city’s decision, Ordinance No. 5040, applied a Station Community Commercial — Multi-Modal (SCC-MM) zoning designation to the property involved in this case, replacing the Washington County R-6 zone. We reverse and remand.

The basic facts are not in dispute. In 1994, the City of Hillsboro and Washington County began planning for development within a study area surrounding the Hillsboro extension of the…