Sellwood-Moreland Improvement League v. City of Portland

The Portland Design Commission (design commission) approved a design review proposal from respondents BAMA Design and Moreland Station Apartments, LLC (collectively, Moreland) for a 68-unit apartment building in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood within the City of Portland (the Moreland proposal). The Moreland proposal included a transfer of 34 units from an adjacent site, known as a density transfer, to increase the maximum number of dwelling units that the applicant could develop at the site. Petitioners appealed the design commission’s decision to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), and…