Clackamas County v. Gay

Plaintiff Clackamas County and intervenors Gidley, Kunze and Linn1 brought this action under ORS 215.185, seeking to enjoin defendants from continuing commercial airport and parachuting operations in violation of county zoning regulations. Defendants interposed a number of defenses, the principal one being that their predecessors in title had established a nonconforming airport use before restrictive zoning was first enacted in 1967. The trial court found in the main in favor of plaintiff and intervenors and enjoined most of the operations about which they complained. However, it held that a…