Jackson County v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

Petitioners Jackson County and Oregonians in Action (OIA) seek review of a Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) enforcement order that determined that the county had engaged in a pattern or practice of land use decision-making and other actions that violated the county’s comprehensive plan or land use regulations. ORS 197.320(6). Among the remedies in LCDC’s enforcement order is the requirement that the county adopt an ordinance setting a time limit of no more than two years on the validity of land use approvals for dwellings in three resource zones. The limitation applies to…