State ex rel. Square v. Planning Commission of Madison

“In order to grant a writ of mandamus, a court must find that the relator has a clear right to the relief *129prayed for, that the respondent is under a clear duty to perform the requested act, and that the relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law.” State, ex rel. Westchester, v. Bacon (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 42, 44. Relators have a plain and adequate remedy at law in the form of a declaratory judgment action. In P. H. English v. Koster (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 17, this court affirmed the trial court’s order that plats are approved by operation of law when a planning commission has failed to…