Leathers v. Marion County

Petitioner seeks review of and respondents 1 cross-petition from LUBA’s order remanding Marion County’s approval of petitioner’s truck stop site plan and its application to conduct certain uses on the site. We affirm on the petition and reverse in part on the cross-petition.

The challenged decision is the culmination of and was based to a large degree on four earlier county ordinances. 2 In 1987, the county enacted ordinance 765, allowing in part petitioner’s predecessor’s application to partition 27 acres from their 87-acre parcel in an exclusive farm use zone. The ordinance also rezoned the…