STATE EX REL. DLCD v. Linn County

Plaintiff, State of Oregon through the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), appeals a judgment in a writ of review proceeding that reversed and remanded defendant Linn County’s 1 determination that Eugene and Viola Glender have a vested right to complete development of a 16-lot residential subdivision in compliance with county and state waivers issued pursuant to Ballot Measure 37 (2004). 2 On appeal, DLCD contends, inter alia, that, because the Glenders “incurred none of the costs put toward the project,” there is nothing in the numerator of the expenditure ratio and, for…