Friends of the Hood River Waterfront v. City of Hood River

Petitioners NBW Hood River, LLC, (NBW) and the City of Hood River (the city) petition for judicial review of a final order of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). The order remanded the city’s decision granting conditional use and preliminary site plan approval for a waterfront office and hotel development proposed by NBW.1 The issue on review is whether LUBA erred when it rejected as implausible the city’s interpretation of certain provisions of its comprehensive plan addressing development in flood hazard areas and remanded to the city to apply those provisions — as interpreted by LUBA —…