Gunderson, LLC v. City of Portland

At issue in this case is the lawfulness of a portion of the City of Portland’s Willamette River Greenway Plan that regulates uses of industrial and other urban land along a portion of the Willamette River known as the “North Reach.” Specifically, the issue is whether the City of Portland (city) has authority to regulate development within the North Reach. Petitioners, who represent various industrial interests within the affected area of the city’s plan, contend that the law permits the city to regulate only “intensification” or “changes” to existing uses and otherwise does not permit the…