CAMPERS COVE RESORT, LLC v. Jackson County

Petitioner owns and operates a lakeside resort in Jackson County. The resort has been used historically for camping and temporary residential occupancies. The current zoning of the property limits the types and intensity of the resort land uses. Petitioner applied for and obtained a decision from the county that certified particular uses of the property as nonconforming uses and determined whether to allow alteration or expansion of those nonconforming uses. In concluding that some of the current uses of the property— specifically long-term occupancy of small manufactured dwellings lodged on…