Welch v. Yamhill County

Yamhill County approved petitioner’s subdivision application, which was predicated on his Measure 37 waivers. The Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) reversed the county’s approval, and petitioner seeks judicial review of LUBA’s order. We affirm.

We take the facts from LUBA’s order:

“The subject property is zoned Agriculture/Forestry (AF-20). The county’s AÍF-20 zone requires that newly divided parcels include at least 20 acres and does not allow residential subdivisions. Under the AF-20 zoning that applies to the subject property, the disputed subdivision could not be approved. [Petitioner]…