Hutchinson v. City of Corvallis

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of review of a special assessment that defendant, City of Corvallis (the city), levied against his property to pay for the construction of a sewer system. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff owns a 2.15-acre parcel of land located adjacent to Southwest Philomath Boulevard just outside the city. The property is undeveloped and is used for horse grazing purposes only, although it is zoned residential. In 1986, the Benton County Health Department completed a sanitary survey of the area and identified a number of…