Peterson v. Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission

Plaintiff-landowners petitioned the circuit court for a writ of review of a final order of defendant Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission approving annexation of their land to the city of Estacada. The circuit court set aside the annexation order. Defendants appeal.

This case calls upon us to determine the extent of the power of a local government boundary commission to modify an annexation proposal submitted pursuant to the so-called “triple majority” provisions of OES 222.170.

OES 222.111 authorizes a city to annex contiguous territory by the extension of its…