Friends of Yamhill County, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners

The question in this case is whether a landowner holding a Measure 37 waiver had a common law vested right to construct a residential subdivision that he had begun but not completed by the effective date of Measure 49. Yamhill County found that the costs that the landowner had incurred were sufficient to establish a vested right to complete construction of the subdivision, and the circuit court upheld the county’s decision on a writ of review. The Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court’s judgment and remanded the case for further proceedings. Friends of Yamhill County v. Board of…