Aguilar v. Washington County

Washington County (county) cited petitioners for physically altering two buildings on their property without obtaining building permits and for using the two buildings for storage of various materials in violation of the local code. Petitioners then applied for verification of a nonconforming use. The county denied the application, and the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) affirmed. Petitioners seek judicial review of LUBA’s decision, arguing that LUBA misconstrued the statutes that set out what must be proved to establish a nonconforming use. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not in dispute.…