Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Local and Administrative Land Use Appeals. Represented public and private parties in appeals before local hearings officers, elected officials, and the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA).
Development Agreements. Drafted and negotiated many development agreements, covenants, and other contracts to facilitate new or revised development proposals for private and public projects.
Land Use Hearings and Administrative Appeals. Present projects to hearings examiners and local, regional, and state land use boards, and at times, when necessary, defend projects in courts.
Revetment Permitting. Successfully obtained permits from local jurisdictions and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to place ocean-front protective structures to prevent coastal erosion in front of resorts, commercial properties, and oceanfront homes.
Land Use Permitting. Prepared, negotiated with staff, and obtained approval for all types of land use applications: comprehensive plan amendments, rezones, conditional use permits, site plan review applications, subdivisions, short plats, shoreline permits, development agreements, planning director interpretations, temporary use permits, habitat permits, and wetland permits.
Legal Lot Determinations. Won several contentious appeals for clients in which jurisdictions have denied the clients historic, buildable lots.
Vested Rights. Assisted many clients in preserving vested rights for development projects and their immunity from later-enacted land use control ordinances.
Obtained a comprehensive plan text amendment and zoning map amendment on behalf of a school district to allow development of a new elementary school on land formerly zoned for agricultural use.
Obtained favorable written opinion before the Oregon Court of Appeals in Currie v. Douglas Cnty., 308 Or App 235 (2020)