Oregon’s State Supreme Court has made the most significant ruling in state history for historic places. The State Supreme Court has sided with the Land Use Board of Appeals’ ruling on the Lake Oswego Preservation Society v City of Lake Oswego “that the right to remove an historic designation under ORS 197.772(3) applies only to those […]
State Supreme Court to Hear Preservation Case
The historic preservation field reached a new milestone on April 24th when Chief Justice Thomas Balmer ordered the State Supreme Court to review a law that jeopardizes the preservation of as many as 3,200 historic properties across Oregon. The case, Lake Oswego Preservation Society v. City of Lake Oswego, represents the first time that Oregon’s highest court has taken up a specifically historic preservation […]
State Supreme Court Petitioned to Hear Preservation Case
For the first time in the organization’s history, Restore Oregon has filed a brief requesting the Oregon State Supreme Court weigh in on historic preservation. The Oregon Court of Appeals in February issued a decision in Lake Oswego Preservation Society v. City of Lake Oswego that concerns a provision of the state’s unique 1995 “owner consent” law […]