Lake Oswego Preservation Society v. City of Lake Oswego

The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. The final order of the Land Use Board of Appeals is affirmed.

BALMER, C. J.

This case concerns the interpretation of Oregon’s historic property designation consent statute, ORS 197.772. That statute provides that the owners of properties slated for local historic designation have the right to refuse to consent to that designation. It also requires a local government to “allow a property owner to remove from the property a historic property designation that was imposed on the property by the local government.” ORS 197.772(3). The owners of the…