City of Happy Valley v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

Petitioner, City of Happy Valley, seeks judicial review, ORS 183.480, of a Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) order denying acknowledgment of petitioner’s comprehensive plan. It contends that LCDC exceeded its statutory authority and abused its discretion in adopting the order. We reverse one part of the order, affirm the remaining parts and remand.

Petitioner lies within the Portland Metropolitan Service District’s urban growth boundary (Metro UGB), which was acknowledged in January, 1980. Metro’s findings in support of its UGB assumed that local jurisdictions would provide…