State ex rel. Schrodt v. Jackson County

The trial court entered a judgment granting mandamus relief to respondent Gary Schrodt under ORS 215.429.1 The judgment ordered Jackson County (the county) to approve Schrodt’s land use application, which requested that the county broaden the categories of commercial uses permitted on Schrodt’s residentially zoned property. Schrodt’s neighbor, appellant Harold Hardesty, who intervened below, appeals that judgment, raising two primary issues: (a) whether Schrodt’s application is the type of application for which ORS 215.429 authorizes mandamus relief, and (b) if so, whether the trial court…