State ex rel. Committee for the Charter Amendment Petition v. City of Avon

Relators assert that they are entitled to a writ of mandamus to compel respondents to place the proposed charter amendment on the May 5 rather than the June 9 election ballot. Relators claim that the city council had the duty under the Ohio Constitution to enact an enabling ordinance by March 6, 1998, i.e., the sixtieth day before the scheduled May 5 election, in order to place the proposed charter amendment on the May 5 ballot. Section 7, Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution authorizes municipal corporations to adopt and amend a home rule charter, and Sections 8 and 9, Article XVIII…