Grabhorn v. Washington County

Petitioners Howard Grabhorn and Grabhorn, Inc.,1 seek judicial review of an order of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) that affirmed a Washington County hearings officer’s decision denying petitioners’ application to verify that a composting facility on their property is a lawful nonconforming use. Petitioners contend that “LUBA made a decision unlawful in substance and unsupported by substantial evidence in affirming the Hearings Officer’s decision on the grounds that Petitioner [s’] composting operation had not been lawfully established in 1962 or in 1984,” advancing several arguments in…