Mouty v. Sandy City Recorder

DURRANT, Justice:

¶ 1 To resolve the present controversy, we must determine whether a city ordinance that amends the permitted and prohibited uses of land in a particular zoning category can be subjected to the referendum process. If the ordinance in question is referable, we must then determine whether the ordinance is a “land use law,” a class of referable laws subject to a higher signature threshold than generally required. We conclude that the ordinance is referable and that it is not a “land use law.”

BACKGROUND

¶2 At stake in this case is whether the voters of Sandy City, Utah, will be…