Case Name: PARELIUS et al, Appellants, v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO et al, Respondents
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1975-09-10
Citations: 22 Or. App. 429
Docket Number: No. 86232
Parties: PARELIUS et al, Appellants, v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO et al, Respondents.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Thornton and Lee, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 22
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
Argued July 24,
judgment vacated; appeal dismissed September 10, 1975
PARELIUS et al, Appellants, v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO et al, Respondents.
(No. 86232)
539 P2d 1123
Louis J. Fasano, Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Lovett, Stiner & Fasano, P.C., Portland.
James A. Cox, Lake Oswego, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Thornton and Lee, Judges.

Opinion:
SCHWAB, C. J.
This is a writ of review proceeding challenging on numerous grounds the action of the city council of Lake Oswego in downzoning (by reducing the permis sible density) a 72.9-acre area containing, as near as we can tell from a sketchy record, at least 23 single family homes, a National Guard armory, a church, and several large tracts of undeveloped property with the various parcels, developed and undeveloped, in widely diverse ownership.
We do not reach the merits here. As pointed out in Culver v. Dagg, 20 Or App 647, 532 P2d 1127, Sup Ct review denied (1975), the rezoning of a substantial area made up of numerous separately owned parcels of property is a legislative and not a judicial matter and as such is not subject to judicial scrutiny in a writ of review proceeding. If the city's action here is to be challenged, it must be done in some other form of proceeding.
Judgment vacated; appeal dismissed.