Callison v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

These consolidated cases involve challenges to orders that the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) issued on its periodic review of the City of Portland’s (the city’s) acknowledged comprehensive plan. See ORS 197.628 et seq. One order approved the city’s Goal 5 1 plans for a number of natural resource areas; the other established a work order for the city to complete its remaining Goal 5 periodic review tasks. Petitioners Elizabeth Callison (Callison) and Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland (Home Builders) challenge those plans from different directions. 2 We…