2008-739-Order No. 2008-056 Recorded 7/11/2008-Am~ev
LEGAL COUNSEL
DESCHUTES
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COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL 07/11/2008 08:11:26 AM
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Order Declaring the Decisions of the Hearings
Officers to Be the Final Decision of the County in * ORDER NO. 2008-056
the Ballot Measure 49 Common Law Vested
Rights Cases
WHEREAS, Deschutes County Community Development received twelve applications for common law
vested rights decisions ("vested rights cases") pursuant to Ballot Measure 49, passed by Oregon voters on
November 6, 2007; and
WHEREAS, hearings officers have been assigned the vested rights cases and have or will issue
decisions on these cases; and
WHEREAS, any disputed issues regarding the vested rights cases will ultimately be decided in state
court; and
WHEREAS, Deschutes County Code ("DCC") 22.32.035(A) authorizes the Board to designate a class
of cases for which "the decision of the lower Hearings Body of an individual land use action or a class of land
use action decisions shall be the final decision of the County"; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that it is in the public interest for the hearings officers' decisions in the
vested rights cases to be the final decision of the County; now, therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, HEREBY
ORDERS as follows:
Section 1. For all applications for a common law vested rights decision pursuant to Ballot Measure 49,
passed by Oregon voters on November 6, 2007, the hearings officers' decisions shall be the final decision of
Deschutes County.
Section 2. The Board may rescind or amend this order at any time should the Board find that it is in the
public interest to initiate review in accordance with DCC 22.28.050 of any one vested rights case.
Dated this of 2008
A EST:
Recording Secretary
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCIES COUNTY, OREGON
DENNIS R. LUKE, Chair
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ORDER No. 2008-056 (07/09/08)