FRIENDS OF OREGON v. LCDC (CURRY CO.)

LCDC 84-ACK-027; CA A31278; SC S31859.

724 P.2d 268 (1986)

301 Or. 447

1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON, Petitioner on Review, v. LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION and Curry County, Respondents on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided August 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Liberty, Portland, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner on review.

Jeff Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent on review LCDC. With him on the briefs were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., Salem.

George B. Stevenson, Curry County Counsel, Gold Beach, argued the cause and filed briefs for respondent on review Curry County.

Eleanore S. Baxendale, Portland, filed a brief amicus curiae on behalf of Metropolitan Service Dist.


LENT, Justice.

The general question is whether cities, counties, and the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) must recognize in their planning decisions that land which cannot be used for commercial farming or forestry may have other uses short of intense urban development. The specific issue is what Oregon's land use planning law requires a county to do before the county allows "urban uses"1 of lands located outside boundaries...

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