Archive for the ‘Referenda’ Category
OH Supreme Court Finds Relators Failed to Show that the Board of Elections Abused Its Discretion or Clearly Disregarded Applicable Law in Denying Their Protest to Zoning Referendum
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on January 6, 2022
OH Supreme Court Denies Writ of Prohibition Seeking to Bar Zoning Referendum
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on January 2, 2022
OH Supreme Court Holds City Attorney Abused His Discretion in Determining the Petitioners’ Referendum Petition for Approval of a Zoning Ordinance was Insufficient 
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on September 13, 2021
MI Appeals Court Concluded Interim Zoning Ordinance is Valid and Not Subject to Referendum, and Dismissed Lawsuit by Solar Developer
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on February 13, 2021
CA Appeals Court Holds County Ordinance Banning Marijuana Dispensaries was Validly Reenacted because a “Material Change in Circumstances” Occurred Since County Previously Repealed Similar Ordinance in Response to a Referendum Petition.
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on December 7, 2020
CA Appeals Court Finds Initiative Caused City’s General Plan to Become Impermissibly Inconsistent
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on November 5, 2019
UT Supreme Court Holds City Resolution was Approved Pursuant to City’s Administrative Powers and Therefore Not Referable to a Public Referendum
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on December 5, 2018
CA Appeals Court Finds Referendum Petition Challenging an Ordinance Would Not be Invalid if the Legislative Body Remained Free to Select another Consistent Zoning for the Subject Parcel
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on June 4, 2017
WA Supreme Court Finds Zoning Initiative Exceeded Scope of Local Legislative Authority
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on February 17, 2016
OH Supreme Court Holds Ohio Board of Elections had Authority to Reject Petitions for Referendum and Ballot Initiative
Posted by: Patricia Salkin on January 8, 2015
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