VICTORY: The City of North Plains withdraws from HNA Appeal at LUBA
1000 Friends of Oregon recently earned another legal victory—one that helps to ensure that the future growth of Oregon's communities will be based on up-to-date information and a fair public process.
VICTORY: Another LUBA remand in Yamhill County
For the second time, LUBA remanded an application in Yamhill County for a conditional use permit to operate a bed and breakfast facility as a home occupation in a farm dwelling on exclusive farm use zoned land.
1000 Friends partners with Bull Run Community Planning Organization and coalition of neighboring farmers to keep weddings out of timber resource zones
The Land Use Board of Appeals agreed with 1000 Friends and its coalition partners that Clackamas County correctly denied a permit request to host dozens of weddings in the middle of working farm and forest operations.
1000 Friends attorney helps Friends of Marion County fend off repeated efforts to pave over rich farmland
LUBA ruled in favor of Friends of Marion County, overturning Marion County’s decision to convert 20 acres of high value farmland to residential use.
1000 Friends and Friends of Yamhill County continue to keep luxury hotels off farmland
1000 Friends attorneys won another victory on behalf of Friends of Yamhill County in the ongoing battle against developers exploiting the authorization for “home occupations” to build luxury hotels on high-value farmland.
VICTORY: Oregon Supreme Court win keeps hotels off farmland
This is an important victory for Oregon farmers and ranchers. Together, we are continuing this fight against the conversion of Oregon’s world-class agricultural land for elite entertainment and hospitality venues.
LEGAL WIN | LUBA rejects Tile Flat Road expansion onto farmland
A legal win years in the making prevents an illegal roadway expansion across a Washington County development area, protecting vulnerable riparian environments and valuable farmland.
LEGAL WIN | Appeals court ruling in Deschutes County prevents fracturing farmland
The county had rezoned 710 acres of rangeland for sprawling residential development, potentially impacting the farmability of nearby land in violation of state land use law.
LEGAL WIN | LUBA rejects Hillsboro's inflated growth projections
Their projections could have allowed them to seek an unwarranted UGB expansion and threaten valuable surrounding farmland. The ruling is a win for the careful way we set our urban growth boundaries so that our communities don’t sprawl onto the irreplaceable lands that feed our region and support our economy.
LEGAL WIN | Court of Appeals rules against loophole allowing hotels on farmland
1000 Friends, in partnership with Friends of Yamhill County, recently won a case that prevents misuse of the home occupation statute to build hotels on Yamhill County farmland. The ruling, at the Oregon Court of Appeals, is important to safeguarding our farmland across the state, where our land use system consistently protects our farms from being picked apart, and their land diverted for unintended, non-farm activities.