Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals to Sackhoff: Back off on Multifamily ProjectFehrenbacher, Lee
One of those challenges was an appeal to the state Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) alleging that Measure 21-203 was an illegal land use decision. LUBA agreed with the petitioners and struck down the ballot measure. The key to LUBA’s decision is the nature of a “non-c...
A construction crew working on an apartment building at Southeast 37th Avenue and Division Street the week the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals to reverse the city of Portland's decision to grant the building permit. By Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive Late last month, Richmond neighborh...
a region encompassing all the land from the California border to Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, was held jointly by Great Britain and the United States from 1818 until 1846, when the international boundary was fixed at the 49th parallel. In 1848 theOregon Territorywas ...
The land-use watchdog 1000 Friends of Oregon is challenging the legality of these local ordinances in the Land Use Board of Appeals, keeping local governments in a cross-fire. “Our view is Oregonians, in passing Measure 7, voted for compensation,” said 1000 Friends spokesman Randy Tucker. ...
Nevertheless, Oregon has retained its title as the nation's foremost lumber state, producing more than 5 billion board feet a year. Other major products are food, paper and paper items, machinery, and fabricated metals. Printing and publishing are important businesses. In recent decades Oregon (...
home rule, but all Oregon counties have significantly more local discretionary authority than those of any other state. In most counties a county judge and two commissioners or a board of commissioners exercise the powers of government. These officials usually are elected for terms of three years....
The hiring of Multnomah County Commissioner Lori Stegmann to lead the county's Youth and Family Services division once her term ends highlights vulnerabilities in the county's hiring practices, the editorial board writes. While Stegmann followed the rules, the situation raises the possibility of conf...
Bill Kabeiseman has been practicing Oregon land use and municipal law for over 15 years. He has represented cities, developers and neighbors in multiple forums, including representing planning commissions, city councils, as well as arguing before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, the Oregon Co...
Oregon - Education, Universities, Colleges: The first free public school system in Oregon was created by the territorial legislature in 1849. In 1951 the legislature established a board of education, appointed by the governor. The constitution provides f