Alliance for Responsible Land Use v. Deschutes County

Petitioners seek review of LUBA’s remand of two Deschutes County ordinances that amended its comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance to map and establish zoning provisions for the siting of destination resorts.1 We affirm.

ORS 197.455 specifies several types of areas where a “destination resort shall not be sited.” Among those, under subsection (2), are locations “within three miles of a high value crop area.” As defined by ORS 197.435(2):

“ ‘High value crop area’ means an area in which there is a concentration of commercial farms capable of producing crops or products with a minimum gross…