Trademark Construction, Inc. v. Marion County Board of Commissioners

Petitioner seeks review of LUBA’s decision affirming the dismissal by the Marion County governing body of petitioner’s application for a conditional use permit to expand its present aggregate quarry operation. We affirm.

The proposed expanded operation is located inside the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) of the City of Stayton but outside the city limits. The proposal would increase the area of the aggregate operation from one to 19 acres, would increase extraction levels from 1,000 to 100,000 cubic yards per year, and would introduce new or more intense blasting, crushing, and other extraction…