State officials, who rejected the Applebees' 2007 appeal to expand their airport's use, said only a handful of cases statewide ever reach the Land Use Board of Appeals, mostly in rural areas.
Incorrect postage has cost Wal-Mart a challenge to a state Land Use Board of Appeals decision backing the city's denial of plans for a new 207,000-square-foot store.
That much was clear Thursday, when Olson, a Springfield resident, explained to the state Land Use Board of Appeals that he believes the city used a flawed public process to decide to permanently close a blocklong stretch of downtown B Street to help make room for a new police department parking lot and storage building.
The court upheld the state Land Use Board of Appeals, which had approved three city land use actions to facilitate the company's plans to replace its existing Lebanon store with a much larger 180,000-square foot store on another site.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission declined Friday to join the state Land Use Board of Appeals when the court reviews the board's decision that the city must account for the temporary traffic problems that the 160-acre development would cause.
