1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

Petitioners seek review of LCDC’s acknowledgment of Hood River County’s comprehensive plan and land use regulations. All of their assignments are directed at LCDC’s approval of the county’s application of Goal 5 and OAR 660-16-010 to the Parkdale Lava Beds and the nearby springs and aquifer and of the zoning of that area to permit aggregate mining and processing as a conditional use. We reverse.

The issues turn principally on OAR 660-16-010, a section of LCDC’s rule implementing Goal 5. It provides, in relevant part:

“Based on the determination of the economic, social, environmental and energy…